The Key Role of Jubaea Palm Trees in the History of Rapa Nui: A Provocative Interpretation

dc.contributor.author	Bork, Hans-Rudolf
dc.contributor.author	Mieth, Andreas
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-12T21:59:14Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-12T21:59:14Z
dc.date.issued	2003-01-01
dc.description.abstract	<p>This paper presents an estimate of the number of <em>Jubaea</em> palm trees on Rapa Nui prior to the last clearance of the palm forest: more than 16 million palm trees. The labor requirements for clearance were enormous (a few hundred people were probably employed in this task for six to eight centuries), as well a the acquired amount of wood and the potential volume of the palm's sap (approx. 1,600,000 liter per year?). Possible uses of the palm's sap are discussed.</p>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64605
dc.subject	Rapa Nui
dc.subject	Easter Island
dc.subject	Jubaea Palm Trees
dc.title	The Key Role of Jubaea Palm Trees in the History of Rapa Nui: A Provocative Interpretation
dc.title.alternative	The Key Role of Jubaea Palm Trees in the History of Rapa Nui
dc.type	Research paper
dc.type.dcmi	Text
prism.number	2
prism.volume	17

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