Although easter island is famous for the large monumental moai statues which adorn easter island, often called the easter island heads, rapa nui is also home to highly sophisticated rock art carvings and paintings with unique motifs. This made the rapa nui culture and history have not been completely unraveled and made the easter island myths and legends very relevant. Introduction in the middle of the south pacific, several thousand kilometers west of the coast of chile, is the most isolated inhabited piece of land on earth. Rapa nui is one of the most isolated island communities in the world. Easter island is the place where history meets legend. Rapa nui easter island monument ahu locations explained by. Art of easter island will feature more than 50 works dating from the th century to the late 19th century. Rapa nui easter island, chile is famous for its elaborate ritual architecture. Easter island, chilean dependency in the eastern pacific ocean. Dr nugent is quick to point out that drawing parallels between the story of jesus and the epic of inanna doesnt necessarily mean that there wasnt a real person, jesus, who was crucified, but rather that, if there was, the story about it is structured and embellished in accordance with a pattern that was very ancient and widespread.
Easter island is a small volcanic island, about 14 miles long by seven miles wide, in the south pacific ocean. These people developed a culture and civilization on rapa nui over a period of hundreds. Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth, easter island, located in the midpacific ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated its inhabitants, the rapa nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism, civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their population crash on more than one occasi. Pdf file showing the output of running the r code, including results not. Pdf easter island the forgotten book by the easter island. The lost gods of easter island top documentary films. Easter in the big apple from december 12, 2001, through august 4, 2002, the art of easter island will be on display in new yorks metropolitan museum of art. This made the rapa nui culture and history have not been completely unraveled and made the easter island. What was the purpose of hoa hakananaia likely to have been.
Pdf history of easter island on the rocks researchgate. Katherine routeledge visits for a yearlong expedition to the island. Jan 24, 2008 the easter island tragedy has become an allegory for ecological catastrophe and a warning for the future. The mystery of easter island travel smithsonian magazine. We now know the answer to the riddle and it is a chilling one. It is the easternmost outpost of the polynesian island world and is famous for its giant stone statues. Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth, easter island, located in the midpacific ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. The capital city is hanga roa it is famous for its 887 huge statues called moai, made by the early rapa nui people. The easter island mystery is mainly due to its isolation. Archaeologists describe a technique that the ancient rapa nui may have used to leverage the hats on the island s giant.
Merlot of valparaiso leases the greater part of the island and subsequently form a company for the exploitation of easter island. Marine mammals of easter island rapa nui and salas y gomez island motu motiro hiva, chile. Get the knowledge you need in order to pass your classes and more. In this paper we propose an alternative story involving noncooperative bargaining between clans to share the crop. Worldwide, the island is known as easter island, a name given to the island by the dutch sailor jacob roggeween, who discovered it during the easter of. Leased to private companies some british influence. We are a online travel agency, dedicated exclusively to rapanui, we offer advice and travel bookings, putting at your disposal the multiple possibilities a tourist would want to access in easter island. Although a holiday of high religious significance in the christian faith, many.
Easter island also has a huge crater called rano kau at the edge of the island. Much research has been carried out on these famous statues and many of the damaged and fallen statues have since been restored around the island. In this section, we would like to share with you some of the presentations that, in many cases, are works in progress. Easter island was so named by jacob roggeveen, a dutch explorer who on april 5, 1722, easter sunday, was the first european to visit the island. On easter sunday, april 5, 1722, a dutch sea captain named jacob roggeveen landed his ship on an island known as te pito o te henua, meaning the center of the world. Recent field work on easter island, east polynesia, has collected new data on monolithic statue sites, rock art design motifs and the ideological significance of their temporal and spatial. To view and print this lesson, youll need to purchase a subscription. Yet, the first european travellers to the island marvelled at large. It explores the history of the civilization of the remote easter islands. Fascinating history is present in an almost surreal way. Archaeologists describe a technique that the ancient rapa nui may have used to leverage the hats on the islands giant.
Easter island history cultural development the cultural development on the island has been fodder for widespread speculation. It is famous for its 887 huge statues called moai, made by the early rapa nui people. Easter island simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden figurine carving which turned up in an auction room in new york during the 1980. Summary we develop a new methodology for the register of the medical indications in the clinical record using a tabular format with rows and. Come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays. The mystery of easter island new findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed.
A popular account of rapa nuis history casts the inhabitants as the. We give frequent professional presentations and public lectures based on written papers. In the economic literature the collapse is usually attributed to irrational or myopic behavior in the context of a fragile ecosystem. According to diamond and heyerdahls version of the islands history, the huri. The great mystery of easter island that struck all early visitors was not just that these colossal statues stood in such a tiny and remote corner of the world but that the stones seemed to have been set down. Easter island moai statues and rock art of rapa nui. It is unprecedented in human history for a sophisticated fully developed writing system to be invented and put into use by a small, isolated island community. This svg file contains embedded text that can be translated into your language, using the svg translate tool or any capable svg editor. Yet easter island does have its own script, examples of which, mostly incised on wooden boards, copies of copies of copies of much older lost originals, were collected in the nineteenth. Steen, is an excellent example of an evenhanded attempt to represent the archeologists and their different opinions.
Useful information on which is the best time to go, how to get there, what documents are required, how to get around, how to. The ancient pagan origins of easter ancient origins. Easter is a christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead. Instantly after disembarking they killed 12 people and injured many more for coming too close. Pdf chronology and easter island prehistory researchgate. May 03, 2018 during march, a team of scientists led by william dandrea, associate research professor at columbia universitys lamontdoherty earth observatory, travelled to rapa nui easter island to work on.
Most analyses of the origin of the word easter agree that it was named after eostre, an ancient word meaning spring, though many european languages use one form or another of the latin name for easter, pascha, which is derived from the hebrew pesach, meaning passover. Located on the remote chilean territory of easter island, they tell a mysterious story of the islands early people and their obsession with rock carvings. In polynesia, all serious enterprises were accompanied by religious activities to protect the populace from evil influences and to appeal to the gods through offerings and prayers. Skeletal biology of the ancient rapanui easter islanders. Jan, 2010 a 0 year exploration of easter island history. Easter island statue project conservation initiative preliminary report octobernovember 2010 introduction this report is a preliminary statement of the tasks undertaken and goals achieved during the second field season of phase 2 of the easter island statue project conservation initiative. The lost gods of easter island is a bbc documentary written and presented by david attenborough. The first welldocumented european contact happened in 1722 with the dutch admiral jacob roggeveen even if he possibly was not the one to discover easter island. The islanders who lived on rapa nui easter island were amazing builders, creating huge statues that still exist there today. Since the island consists of volcanic rock, the early inhabitants quarried the material into giant statues, some as tall as 14 feet, 6 inches and weighing about 14 tons. During march, a team of scientists led by william dandrea, associate research professor at columbia universitys lamontdoherty earth observatory, travelled to. Well shot footage of easter island especially interesting because it shows some of the landforms which suggest to some geologists that a massive tidal wave or several 150 200 feet high swept this island at one time, estimated to have occurred about 15002000 years ago and it looks to some like part of the island sunk in the process.
This statue was incorporated into the birdman contest. It was given this name by the dutch com mander jacob roggeveen, who first. Jun 5, 2018 how easter islands mysterious statues got their 12ton hats. The moai are some of the worlds most fascinating and widelyrecognised monolithic statues. Migrations and settlements, the evolution of a culture, wars between tribes, and ultimate decimation of a whole population define the course of easter island history. Describe one element of art used in this easter island statue. Our work on easter island has involved thinking about many varied topics. A brief history of easter islands incredible moai statues. The secrets of easter island history smithsonian magazine. Easter island is an island and special territory of chile in the southeastern pacific ocean, at the.
Where would the statue have been placed on easter island. Also known as rapa nui, it is the worlds most isolated inhabited island. Georgia lee, in her publication the rock art of easter island symbols of power, prayer to the gods, states that carving on rocks, which themselves contained mana handy 1927. The secrets of easter island the more we learn about the remote island from archaeologists and researchers, the more intriguing it becomes. Easter islands location in the midst of the south pacific is. The great mystery of easter island that struck all early visitors was not just that these colossal statues stood in such a tiny and remote corner of the world but that the stones seemed to have been set down from the sky. Jun 5, 2018 how easter island s mysterious statues got their 12ton hats.
Publishes the book the mystery of easter island in 1919. From once existing in the numbers of only a bit more than a hundred people, there are today approximately 3000 people who share the rapa nui lineage, in a small society mainly driven by tourism. Pdf on mar 20, 2016, carl philipp lipo and others published chronology and. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 2.
Easter island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people. Radio carbon studies estimate that the first inhabitants of easter island settled between 700 ce and 1200. Easter island is a polynesian island in the southeastern pacific ocean. Easter island, also known as rapa nui, is a small triangular multi volcanoed island, roughly 14 miles long by seven miles wide and 69 square miles. To its original inhabitants the island is known as rapa nui, and its population is predominantly of polynesian descent. Students will use reading, writing, and math skills while. Easter island history the island itself many people have found easter island history very fascinating. History of agriculture in papua new guinea 11 when torres strait became flooded and the northern part of the great sahul continent became the island of new guinea, with a coastline similar to the present.
Describe one element of art used in this easter island. The easter island tragedy has become an allegory for ecological catastrophe and a warning for the future. J easter island history 6 02 book ofers 16 03 guest article. An answer for an enduring question barzin pakandam abstract easter island is the most isolated inhabited spot on earth, devoid of heavy timber and most resources. He arrived on easter day, and chose to name the island thereafter. What happened along the way that caused the island ecosystem to collapse.
Useful information on which is the best time to go, how to get there, what documents are required, how to get around, how to connect to the internet, how much the tours cost, etc. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Easter island travel your ultimate tourism resource. Pdf on the geology of easter island sergei rjabchikov. Its inhabitants, the rapa nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism, civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their population crash on more than one occasion. Easter island, or rapa nui, its original name, is the polynesian island found in the south east pacific ocean. The first people to settle the sahul continent are likely to have come in small groups. History of agriculture in papua new guinea anu press. Easter island history unit with reading, writing, and mathlearn all about easter island with this 5day miniunit. Captain roggeveen renamed the island easter island. Using a very academic approach, the documentary includes the majority of the leading experts on the history of easter island. In easter island tourism you will find all the information you need on. Attenborough embarks on a personal quest to uncover the history of a strange wooden figurine carving which turned up in an auction room in new york during the 1980s. Easter island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people.
This colonization period was followed by another one, which led to the blooming of megalithic art. Yet, the first european travellers to the island marvelled at large and delicately carved statues covering the whole of the island. The stone monuments and sculptures that characterize easter island were built during this time. On this page you will find practical information about easter island that you may need to prepare your trip to the remote and fascinating rapa nui.
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