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Easter Island: Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past

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In about A.D. 400, a group of seafarers reached a small, isolated island in Polynesia and founded a new settlement. They developed a wealthy and complex culture that lasted more than a thousand years. The population ultimately declined, and soon all that remained were a couple of inhabitants and hundreds of mysterious giant stone statues in varying stages of disrepair. Caroline Arnold explains how archeologists and other scientists and scholars have pieced together a history of Easter Island by studying its natural resources, taking note of circle of relatives stories and Polynesian legends, and examining the statues and other clues the folk left at the back of. Photographs, taken by the writer, provide a stunning visual accompaniment to this clear and concise account of one of the vital remote–and fascinating–places in the world. GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX.
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