Easter island also has a huge crater called rano kau at the edge of the island. There is no such flummery in steven fischers new book. 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. Any point on the infinite globe of the earth can become a centre.
Im so glad i decided to read it because its just a great book full of interesting information, some of which id never come across before, and such a lovely double story. My selfguided tour plan leads me to another question. The ensuing cultural legacy has brought the island notoriety out of proportion to the number of its. A society of polynesian origin that settled there c. Easter island today, easter island also known as rapa nui is a primarily pastoral grassland island in the southeastern pacific ocean, some 3,600 kilometres west of chile. Great historical details about the island, its people, the explorers, and its archaeological sites. They speak both the traditional rapa nui language and the primary language. Best books on easter island easter island forum tripadvisor. With every passing year, more and more theories come up concerning the easter island, the rapa nui people and the statutes. Whether you come in search of historical information, legendary stories. Its inhabitants, the rapa nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Buy easter island, earth island 9781538129784 9781442266551. The easternmost polynesian culture, the descendants of the original people of easter island make up about 60% of the current easter island population and have a significant portion of their population residing in mainland chile.
Was the first highest rank leader of easter island, he is believed to have brought his people on 2 boats more than 1. If you are planning a trip or just interested in rapa nui, this book by roger fischer is a great overview of all the historical research, presented in an easy to follow. The people who live on easter island call the island rapa nui. Im so glad i decided to read it because its just a great book full of interesting information, some of which id never come across before, and such a. In his book collapse, jared diamond refers to the rapanuis. Saints on easter island, by joan seaver kurze, tells the history of the carving of. The events that happened there make it an icon of environmental degradation and collapse. Activities of green island tours easter island rapa nui. Welcome to green island tours easter island rapa nui shop. The easter island foundation was founded in 1989 with the mission of building a. Easter island or rapa nui was named a world heritage site by unesco in 1995. Archaeologists describe a technique that the ancient rapa nui may have used to leverage the hats on the islands giant.
The rapa nui journal has been described as the premiere source for easter island events and scientific studies. Easter island, also known as rapa nui, is a tiny island in the pacific ocean, thousands of kilometers away from its nearest neighbors. The moai or easter island heads or easter island statues, represent the most important pieces of rapa nui art and they have become its trademark. 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. Those who live there, the rapa nui, call their homeland te pito te henua, the navel of the world. The island stands in isolation 1,200 miles 1,900 kilometres east of pitcairn island and 2,200 miles west of chile. About half of the inhabitants are of polynesian stock. If there is a chance we have missed the answer you are looking for, feel free to contact us and we will get back to you with the answer as. By the time dutch explorer jacob roggeveen spotted rapa nui and dubbed it easter island for the day he arrived in 1722, the population was a ghost of its earlier days.
The island, isla da pascua province, chile is situated in the pacific ocean over 3,700 kilometers west from mainland south america. He also serves as editor of archaeology hotspots, a series. However, in spite of their abundance, there are around 600 moai distributed throughout the whole island and 397 are in the rano raraku quarry, there are still plenty of unanswered questions regarding. Nova online secrets of easter island resources pbs. Lonely planet chile and easter island country travel guide. This title features expanded coverage of patagonia, including new adventure options in puerto natales and more information on chiles crown jewel, torres del paine national park. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The secrets of easter island history smithsonian magazine. Few areas in the world possess a more mystical pull than this tiny speck of land, one of the most isolated places on earth. Many books about easter island are superficial fluff.
Of volcanic origin, easter island is mostly covered with grasslands and is swept by strong trade winds. Perhaps due to its remote location, rapanuieaster island is not well catered for when it comes to guides books travel guides. This enthralling book deals with the now famous bird cult and the customs and beliefs of the islanders who lived on rapa nui. Easter island lies in the middle of the pacific, 2000 miles from the nearest mainland in chile, and is the most remote of all the islands to be settled in the first. Cf rapa nui is an association football team from chile which represents the territory of easter island in association football. The lonely planet, rough guide or travel guides along those lines tend to only cover easter island in a fairly small section in part of a larger volume concerned with chile or south america. This is the first novel ive seen about this island of mystery. Located 3,700 km 2,300 miles from the continent, surrounded by the intense blue sea and under the watch of its gigantic moai, easter island is a place that contains mysteries that are waiting to be revealed by explorers of all times, and where we take our travelers to discover all its corners. The awardwinning architecture of explora rapa nui blends effortlessly into the surrounds of spectacular easter island, offering an exceptional oasis from which to explore the many attractions of this renowned destination. Rapa nui, or easter island, is a small volcanic island that encompasses about 67 sq mi of land mass, and at its highest point rises to about 1,700 feet. According to research and oral traditions, it was once covered with trees, which were all cut down, possibly to aid in the construction and transportation of the almost 900 moai or stone. Those who perished included the islands tumu ivi atua, bearers of the islands culture, history, and genealogy besides the rongorongo experts.
The easter island foundation promoting the conservation. The giant moai statues on the easter island have transformed the isolated island into one of the most wellknown and mysterious islands. The mystery of easter island is the title of untold books and modern film documentaries. The rapa nui are the aboriginal polynesian inhabitants of easter island in the pacific ocean. The sculpture and architecture of rapa nui treister, kenneth, vargas casanova, patricia, cristino, claudio, libeskind, daniel on. The journal covers the subjects of archaeology, anthropology, botany, cultural resource management, cultural and ethnic studies, ecology, geology, field reports, history, linguistics, musicology, and many other topics specifically related to. Main page culture, history history of rapa nui hotu matua. Rapa nui legends say the moai walked with the help of a chief or priest who had mana, or supernatural power. Archaeologists describe a technique that the ancient rapa nui may have used to leverage the hats on the island s giant. The mystery of easter island travel smithsonian magazine.
Whether you plan on using a guide or touring yourself, this book is a. This book, part of the new york times bestselling series, is enhanced by eighty illustrations. The capital city is hanga roa it is famous for its 887 huge statues called moai, made by the early rapa nui people. Jun 5, 2018 how easter island s mysterious statues got their 12ton hats. Travel index about the expeditions forthcoming expeditions bespoke expeditions enquire practical information history of exploration. However they got to easter island, the rodents found an unlimited food. The people who found the island and lived there have quite an interesting story. The natives were fenced in around guarded borders in the area that today is the town of hanga roa to prevent sheep theft. Easter island facts all about rapa nui and the moai statues. It has one national park, the parque nacional rapa nui, which covers most of the island and features the quarry of rano raraku where the moai were carved. Rapa nui language the ancestral language of easter island called rapa nui language is a remnant of ancient mystery. We are rapa nuigerman owners with offices on easter island. Here is one of the most mysterious and fascinating one.
Jun 03, 2010 rapa nui, the indigenous name of easter island, bears witness to a unique cultural phenomenon. Explora rapa nui hanga roa easter island andbeyond. An absolute agreedupon easter island chronologya timeline for the events that happened on the island of rapa nuihas long been an issue among scholars. Im particularly interested in books that will give me the sort of info id get if i went on a guided tour. It is the easternmost outpost of the polynesian island world. Easter island or rather rapa nui as the islanders themselves tend to call it, is home to some of the strangest and most remarkable monuments to be found anywhere in the world. Whether an island such as easter island can be considered remote is simply a matter of perspective. The latter stages endeavour to adopt a fairly more optimistic tone suggesting the rapa nui people which the book determines as now being more multicultural. The story of easter island reads like a preindustrial version of the lorax. The contemplation of the imposing ahu tongariki with the pacific ocean on its back is the fulfilled dream of most travelers who cross the planet to reach easter island.
Easter island, easter islanders, and their language. Mostly only the elders speak it well, even though almost everyone speak it at least to some extent. The image of tongariki, together with that of the statues of the nearby rano raraku volcano, is the one that has most spread in books, magazines and documentaries of easter island. Jun 5, 2018 how easter islands mysterious statues got their 12ton hats. Easter island is the story of two women who went to the island and did research. Information on easter islands history, culture and tourism. According to rapa nui mythology hotu matua was the legendary first settler and ariki mau supreme chief or king of easter island. Many scientists, he says, get a date, tell a story, invest a lot in it, and then dont want to give it up. His numerous publications include the archaeology of hollywood and archaeology. In 1995, unesco named easter island a world heritage site. Easter island easter island history rapa nui easter. A glossary of terms and defintions used on easter island rapa nui. Easter island is spread across an area of sixtythree square miles and shelters three extinct volcanoes, the tallest rising to 1674 feet. Ahu tongariki the largest ceremonial platform of easter island.
Home to a community of just 5 000 inhabitants, easter island or rapa nui, as it is known to locals, is a chilean territory in polynesia. If you want to visit easter island who better to contact than the rapa nui travel team. There is also a small thread of a german world war i naval squadron present in the book. Theories, methods, and practice with colin renfrew. 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. Feb 04, 2015 too often is the identity of easter island confined to giant stone sculptures. Rapa nui island easter island, pacific ocean chile the silent stone head statues of rapa nui national park aka easter island, which are properly called moai, are a true testimony to the skills and endurance of the ancient seafaring culture that carved them from the islands bedrock. Hotu matua and his two canoe or one double hulled canoe colonising party were polynesians from the now unknown land of hiva. Easter island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people. As befits the head of the institute of polynesian languages and literatures in auckland, new zealand, he has produced a scholarly and readable account of the island s turbulent history. The easter island foundation promoting the conservation and. Strong cultural coverage gets under the skin of this skinny country including a special feature on wine. Easter island its people, legends, and customs easter island has captivated the worlds imagination since its discovery in 1722. Its hard to feel connected to chile, over 3700km to the east, let alone the wider world.
Simply click on the clue posted on new york times crossword on april 2 2017 and we will present you with the correct answer. Easter island has always interested me so ive read a lot of nonfiction books about it. As befits the head of the institute of polynesian languages and literatures in auckland, new zealand, he has produced a scholarly and readable account of the islands turbulent history. Rapa nui is one of the most isolated island communities in the world. Explore easter island rapa nui holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. New attempt to solve the easter island mystery what did. List of books and articles about easter island online. They landed at anakena beach and his people spread out across the island, subdivided it between clans claiming descent from his sons. Our agency was founded in 1995 and for all these years we are working to realize the travel plans and requirements of our clients coming from all over the world, usa, europa, asia, latin america.
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