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Island at the Edge of the World The Forgotten History of Easter Island, US Edition | 23.66 MB
Title: Island at the Edge of the World
Author: Mike Pitts
Category: Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Cultural Studies
Language: English | 368 Pages | ISBN: 9780063344693
Description:
"The true and fascinating story of Easter Island and its amazing statues" - Ken Follett
"Revelatory...fascinating... wholly convincing" - Daily Mail (UK)
"Striking . . . a stunning unraveling of many layers of hidden history." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A vital and timely work of historical adventure and reclamation by British archeological scholar Mike Pitts-a book that rewrites the popular yet flawed history of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and uses newly unearthed findings and documents to challenge the long-standing historical assumptions about the manmade ecological disaster that caused the island's collapse.
Rapa Nui, known to Western cultures as Easter Island for centuries, has long been a source of mystery. While the massive stone statues that populate the island's landscape have loomed in the popular Western imagination since Europeans first set foot...
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