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Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy / edited by Steven Roger Fischer.
- Title
- Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy / edited by Steven Roger Fischer.
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxbow Books, 1993.
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- Description
- xiii, 247 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
- Series Statement
- Oxbow monograph ; 32
- Uniform Title
- Oxbow monograph 32.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History (form)
- Commemorative publications (form)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- William Mulloy / Emily Ross Mulloy -- William Mulloy and Rapanui / George W. Gill -- Rapanui / Steven Roger Fischer and Charles M. Love -- The present flora of Easter Island and its origins / John R. Flenley -- The marine fauna of Rapanui, part and present / Louis H. DiSalvo and John E. Randall -- The terrestrial fauna of Easter Island / Konrad Klemmer and Georg Zizka -- The paleoecology of Easter Island, and its ecological disaster / John R. Flenley -- Rapanui Flora / Georg Zizka -- The history of human settlement on Rapanui / Paul G. Bahn -- Human osteology of Rapanui / George W. Gill and Douglas W. Owsley -- The naming of Rapanui / Steven Roger Fischer -- A bibliography of the Rapanui material in the general archives of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts (Picpus) / André Mark -- A brief history of Rapanui archaeology up to 1956 / Paul G. Bahn -- The Norwegian expedition to Easter Island in retrospect / Carlyle S. Smith -- The archaeology of the monolithic sculptures of Rapanui / Paul G. Bahn -- A survey and documentation of the Moai of Rapanui / William Liller -- The dating of Rapanui monolithic sculpture / Arne Skjølsvold -- The importance of soil temperature and relative humidity in obsidian dating, with case examples from Easter Island / Christopher M. Stevenson, Irving Friedman, and Judy Miles
- Easter Island Ahu revisited / Charles M. Love -- The rock art of Rapanui / Georgia Lee -- The monuments in the archaeoastronomy of Rapanui / William Liller -- The preservation of Rapanui's archaeological heritage / A. Elena Charola and Carlos A. Weber -- The Rapanui pantheon / Annette Bierbach and Horst Cain -- The concept of Akuaku / Olaf Blixen -- Rapanui myths and legends as reflections of shamanistic beliefs / Irina K. Fedorova -- The Tangata Manu of Rapanui / Heide-Margaret Esen-Bar -- Traditional foods of Rapanui / Nancy J. Pollock -- Rapanui's ancient medicinal arts / Ramón Campbell -- The Rapanui language / Veronica M. Du Feu and Steven Roger Fischer -- Postcontact change in the rapanui language / W. Wilfried Schuhmacher -- Modern Rapanui language / Veronica M. Du Feu -- Perspectives and directions of the classical Rapanui script / Thomas S. Barthel -- A provisional inventory of the inscribed artifacts in the three Rapanui scripts / Steven Roger Fischer
- The traditional production of the Rapanui tablets / François Dederen and Steven Roger Fischer -- The performing arts of Rapanui / Ramón Campbell -- Rapanui crafts / Joan Seaver -- Types of wood used in Rapanui carving / Catherine Orliac -- "You are crab, crayfish and octopus" / Francina Forment -- Symbolism in Rapanui art / Ana María Arredondo -- The modernization of Rapanui / J. Douglas Porteous.
- ISBN
- 0946897603
- OCLC
- 29810213
- SCSB-11562047
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library