Rapa Nui Journal Volume 8 Issue 1
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ItemEIF News and Letters( 1994-01-01)
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ItemInternational News( 1994-01-01)
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ItemWhat's New in Hangaroa( 1994-01-01)
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ItemWhat's New in Polynesia( 1994-01-01)
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ItemPublications( 1994-01-01)
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ItemCuenot, Joel. 1993. L'ile de Pdques et la Plume du DieuOiseau. Editions Joel Cuenot, Meudon (France).( 1994-01-01)
Cuenot, Joel. 1993. L'ile de Pdques et la Plume du DieuOiseau. Editions Joel Cuenot, Meudon (France). Review by Paul G. Bahn, Ph.D.
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ItemGrau, V., Dr. Juan. 1993. Aventuras en Isla de Pascua (Adventures in Easter Island). Ediciones OIKOS Ltda, Agustinas 641-11, Santiago, Chile. 313 pp. (In Spanish).( 1994-01-01)
Grau, V., Dr. Juan. 1993. Aventuras en Isla de Pascua (Adventures in Easter Island). Ediciones OIKOS Ltda, Agustinas 641-11, Santiago, Chile. 313 pp. (In Spanish). Review by William Liller, Ph.D. Viiia del Mar, Chile
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ItemOn The Settlement of Easter Island: In Response to Paul Bahn( 1994-01-01)
In his recent article in RNJ Vo1.7(3) entitled "Rapa Nui Rendezvous: A Personal View" Dr. Paul G. Bahn very effectively recapitulates some of the events of the August 1992 Rapa Nui Rendezvous in Laramie, Wyoming. Those of us involved in the organization and conduct of the Rendezvous, including some committee members from far away from Laramie (such as Sonia Haoa from Easter Island who did a lot of work on the conference) wish to thank Paul for his generous comments.
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ItemThe Impact of Late Holocene Climate Change on Polynesia( 1994-01-01)
In an intriguing article, McCall (1993) suggests that climatic deterioration in the Pacific during the Little Ice Age may have significantly impacted Polynesian voyaging, colonization, and societal development during this period, generally dated as beginning in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries A.D. and culminating somewhere between the mid-sixteenth and mid~nineteenth centuries. McCall posits that shifts in temperature, rainfall, and wind patterns during the Little Ice Age led to a decrease in voyaging and trade, the abandonment of settlements on such small, marginal "mystery islands" as Nihoa and Necker at the northwest end of the Hawaiian chain and various equatorial atolls, and increased conflict and social disruption on permanently settled but environmentally sensitive islands such as Rapa Nui.
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ItemReply to Robert Langdon( 1994-01-01)
Since Mr Langdon's grievance seems to be primarily with Grant McCall's claim that his arguments were "refuted" in our book, his remarks should perhaps more properly have been directed elsewhere. Our book made no such claim; we merely set out some points where we disagreed with Langdon or found his views unconvinc~g. However, since his article is clearly directed at ourselves, a brief response is required.