The monumental statues of Easter Island, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been a great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific, have built such monumental works, and moved them from the quarry where they were carved User Interaction Count: Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo began their archeological work on Easter Island in expecting to do no more than add details to the standard morality tale of the collapse of the island’s ecology and societyPolynesians discovered Rapa Nui around AD and soon overpopulated the place (30, people on an island the size of San Francisco); competing elites cut down the last trees to move hundreds of . He is the author of "The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island," co-authored with Carl Lipo, detailing Rapa Nui's ancient history. The book won the Society for American Archaeology's Book of the Year award in the public audience category in
The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands. Terry Hunt is a professor at University of Hawai'i and is conducting archaeological research on Rapa www.doorway.ru Lipo is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. They are the co-authors of The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the mystery of Easter Island. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Carl Lipo, Terry Hunt (CD-Audio, ) at the best online prices at eBay!
Terry Hunt is a professor at University of Hawai'i and is conducting archaeological research on Rapa Nui. Carl Lipo is Professor of Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. They are the co-authors of The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the mystery of Easter Island. Editions for The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island: (Hardcover published in ), (Kindle Edition published in The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo (see cover story) was named winner of the Society for American Archaeology Book of the Year Award in the Public Audience category. Hunt and Lipo’s research on Easter Island was also the cover story of National Geographic magazine’s July issue.
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