Cannibalism and Easter Island: Evaluation, Discussion of Probabilities, and Survey of the Literature on the Subject

dc.contributor.author	McLaughlin, Shawn
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T22:04:14Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-12T22:04:14Z
dc.date.issued	2005-01-01
dc.description.abstract	<p>It is nearly impossible to discuss cannibalism on Easter Island without first discussing cannibalism in general - largely because the subject of cannibalism is sensitive and controversial. And, especially since the publication of William Arens's book <em>The Man-Eating Myth</em> in 1979, a number of anthropologists and other scientists have come to question if cannibalism has occurred on the kind of scale suggested by early reports from around the world. As an extremist of sorts, Arens asserts that cannibalism as a custom has never occurred because he dismisses the veracity of all reports others have taken for granted, an assertion that almost seems to be driven more by a revulsion for the practice than for an unbiased examination of the evidence.</p>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64663
dc.subject	Rapa Nui
dc.subject	Easter Island
dc.subject	cannibalism
dc.title	Cannibalism and Easter Island: Evaluation, Discussion of Probabilities, and Survey of the Literature on the Subject
dc.title.alternative	Cannibalism and Easter Island
dc.type	Research paper
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.number	1
prism.volume	19

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