Research Catalog

Title

Skeletal biology of the ancient Rapanui (Easter Islanders) / edited by Vincent H. Stefan, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY, and George W. Gill.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stefan, Vincent H.
• Gill, George W.

Description

xiii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

"Disseminating what is currently known about the skeletal biology of the ancient Rapanui and placing it within the wider context of Polynesian skeletal variation, this volume is the culmination of over thirty years of research into the remotely inhabited Easter Island. Compiling osteological data deriving from Rapanui skeletal remains into one succinct analysis, this book demonstrates how the application of modern skeletal biology research techniques can effectively be employed to address questions of human population origins and microevolution. Craniometrics and DNA analysis are used to provide indications as to Rapanui ancestral lineage. Evidence is presented in a user-friendly manner to allow researchers and graduates to critically analyse the current knowledge of prehistoric Rapanui skeletal variation. An important resource providing valuable evidence from human biology that modifies earlier archaeological and cultural anthropological views, this book will stimulate further research into the Rapanui"--

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology.

Subject

• Forschungsmethode
• Anthropometrie
• Humanbiologie
• Skelettfund
• Human remains (Archaeology) > Easter Island
• Physical anthropology > Easter Island
• Anthropometry > Easter Island
• Excavations (Archaeology) > Easter Island
• Human skeleton > Analysis
• Human skeleton > Methodology
• Human biology > Methodology
• Anthropology, Physical > methods
• Archaeology
• Fossils
• Osterinsel
• Easter Island > Antiquities
• Polynesia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Research overview / George W. Gill -- Review of Polynesian and Pacific skeletal biology / Michael Pietrusewsky and Michele Toomay Douglas -- Chronology and Easter Island prehistory / Carl P. Lipo and Terry L. Hunt -- A descriptive skeletal biology analysis of the ancient Easter Island population / George W. Gill and Vincent H. Stefan -- Craniometric variation of the prehistoric Polynesians and Rapanui / Vincent H. Stefan -- Rapanui non-metric cranial traits / Patrick M. Chapman -- Intra-island discrete cranial trait variation / Thomas Furgeson and George W. Gill -- Continuous non-metric characteristics of the early Rapanui / George W. Gill -- Rapanui dental morphology / Vincent H. Stefan and Randy Rozen -- Pelvic variability and sexual dimorphism in prehistoric Rapanui / Amber Harrison and Nathan K. Harper -- Genetic affinities of the Rapanui / Erika Hagelberg -- Archaeogenetics and paleodemographic estimation of founding populations : features of residential geography on Rapa Nui / John V. Dudgeon, Amy S. Commendador, and Monica Tromp -- Evidence for injuries and violent death / Douglas W. Owsley, Kathryn G. Barca, Vicki E. Simon, and George W. Gill -- Demographic analysis of modified crania from Rapa Nui / Douglas W. Owsley, Vicki E. Simon, Kathryn G. Barca, Jo Anne Van Tilburg, and Deidre Whitmore -- East Polynesian and Paleoindian parallels and contrasts in skeletal morphology / George W. Gill -- Rapanui origins, relationships, and warfare : a summary in theoretical context / George W. Gill and Vincent H. Stefan.

ISBN

• 9781107023666 (hardback)
• 1107023661 (hardback)
• 9781139151856 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781316463994 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• ^^2015021989
• 40025968910

OCLC

• 935459786
• SCSB-10325127

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library