Chronology, deforestation, and "Collapse:" Evidence vs. faith in Rapa Nui prehistory

dc.contributor.author	Hunt, Terry L.
dc.contributor.author	Lipo, Carl P.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T22:12:54Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-12T22:12:54Z
dc.date.issued	2007-01-01
dc.description.abstract	<p>In recent publications (Hunt and Lipo 2006; Hunt 2006, 2007) we have presented a detailed and comprehensive analysis of new and existing archaeological information as it relates to the date of Rapa Nui's colonization, the island's ecological transformation and the assumed relationship to "collapse." After reviewing published dates and our results at 'Anakena, we came to the conclusion that although it is <em>conceptually</em> possible that humans arrived on the island many hundreds of years prior to AD 1200 , there is currently no empirical support for believing this was so. Until unequivocal evidence emerges for earlier colonization, our understanding of the island's prehistory must be founded on a shorter chronology of about 800 years.</p>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64763
dc.subject	Rapa Nui
dc.subject	Easter Island
dc.subject	prehistory
dc.title	Chronology, deforestation, and "Collapse:" Evidence vs. faith in Rapa Nui prehistory
dc.title.alternative	Chronology, deforestation, and "Collapse
dc.type	Research paper
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.number	2
prism.volume	21

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