Rongorongo and the Rock Art of Easter Island

Abstract

Of all the mysteries about Easter Island, none is as unresolved or as controversial as rongorongo, the enigmatic script rust reported in the latter half of the 19th century. A lot of ink has been spilled about Easter Island's rongorongo and no shortage of vitriol, too. If you thought disagreements over Heyerdahl's defunct diffusionist theories took a hyperbolic course, then you haven't done your rongorongo homework.