Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: European Discovery; 1. The Island and its Geography; 2. WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?; 3. How Did They Get There, and Why?; 4. Living on an Island; 5. STATUES AND CEREMONIES; 6. The Riddle of the Quarry; 7. Rocking or Rolling: How were the Statues moved?; 8. Platforms and Pukao: Erecting the Statues; 9. CRASH GO THE ANCESTORS; 10. Orongo and Rongorongo; 11. Conclusion: The Island that Self-Destructed; Epilogue: The Lessons of Easter Island

About the Author

Paul Bahn is one of the leading writers and broadcasters on archaeology for a popular audience. He is the author of the standard introduction to cave art, Images of the Ice Age, The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology, and the popular Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction. John Flenley is currently Professor of Geography at Massey University in New Zealand. A world authority on the ecology of tropical rainforests, he was the first to publish evidence that Easter Island was once forested.

Reviews

"In dispelling the mythology of Easter Island, they show us a society that is all the more interesting for being recognizably human."--Publishers Weekly