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Easter Island | 
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| Author: Carlos Mordo
Publisher: Firefly Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy Used: $14.99
You Save: $14.96 (50%)
Sales Rank: 785602
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 12.3 x 9.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1552976211
Dewey Decimal Number: 996.18
EAN: 9781552976210
ASIN: 1552976211
Publication Date: September 7, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: wear on cover, corners and edges.
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Product Description
Surrounded by the immense expanse of the Pacific Ocean, over 2,000 miles from the nearest inhabited land, tiny Easter Island with an area of only 46 square miles is incredibly isolated. Easter Island is most famous for the giant statues that have fascinated the world since the island's discovery by European explorers in the early eighteenth century. How did a small, isolated society with limited resources create these magnificent monuments? How were these statues, some weighing 200 tons, transported for miles across the island? And, more mysteriously, what role did they play in the religion and social order of the people who created them? These and many other questions surrounding Easter Island are addressed in Carlos Mordo's new book. The author reveals that this island on the outermost edge of Polynesia hosted a rich culture where shamans and priests, and a mystical belief in ancestor gods, directed the life and death of the islanders, who thrived, created these statues of startling originality, then disappeared. Easter Island also examines the island's unique environment and ultimately how its degradation, and contact with Europeans in the eighteenth century, had profound consequences for the island's people. Illustrated with over 150 color photographs, Easter Island is a fascinating exploration of the history and living culture of this remarkable island.
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