The statues that walked : unraveling the mystery of Easter Island /
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 expan...
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New York :
Free Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st Free Press hardcover ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- A most mysterious island
- Millions of palms
- Resilience
- The ancient paths of stone giants
- The statues that walked
- A peaceable island
- Ahu and houses
- The benefits of making moai
- The collapse.