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Ethnology of Easter Island  •     • ARCHAEOLOGY • OUT OF PRINT  •  Almost sixty years later it remains the unsurpassed Encyclopedia Pascuensis. Geography, climate, society, art, language, culture, tattoos, games, the writing system, religion, traditional law, are all included in this book. This book is essential to anyone who is interested in Easter Island. (EIL21, $29.50)
 
 
Among Stone Giants, The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition of Easter Island  •  Jo Anne Van Tilburg   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT  •  An absorbing account of the eventful life of a key figure in the archaeology of Rapa Nui. Van Tilburg brings to the story her own field experience on Easter Island, along with a wealth of information from recently discovered family papers. (EIL16, $27.00)
 
 
Easter Island, Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture  •  Jo Anne Van Tilburg   • ARCHAEOLOGY • OUT OF PRINT  •  Nicely illustrated book by one of the world's experts on Easter Island. (EIL03, $45.00)
 
 
The Enigmas of Easter Island  •  John Flenley  •  Paul Bahn   • ARCHAEOLOGY • OUT OF PRINT  •  For this revised and updated edition of Bahn and Flenley's highly regarded 1992 book, the authors offer an excellent, scholarly portrait of the island, its art, culture and collapse. With chapters on settlement, quarrying and moving of rock for the giant statues, and the European discovery. (EIL02, $43.50)
 
 
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison   • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT  •  A definitive, compact guide to all the world's seabirds, featuring 740 photographs. (FG16, $29.95)
 
 
Rapanui, Tradition and Survival on Easter Island  •  Grant McCall   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT  •  A compelling overview of Rapanui, its resilient population, social, religious and material life. (EIL04, $15.00)
 
 




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