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…
"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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