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Easter Island, Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- 1995
- HARD COVER
- 191 PAGES
- OUT OF PRINT
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Based on 12 years of field research, this book illustrates and describes 1,000 statues on the island, putting them into their artistic and cultural context. This comprehensive and up-to-date overview also puts forward the latest theories on how the islanders could have moved the 14-ton statues -- an important step toward unraveling the mystery of Easter Island. With color and archival photographs, maps, site plans, and specially commissioned line drawings.
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