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The Survival of Easter Island Dwindling Resources and Cultural Resilience
Author: Jan J. Boersema and Diane Webb
Year: 2015
Format: PDF
File size: 13 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2015
Format: PDF
File size: 13 MB
Language: ENG
In this book, Jan J. Boersema reconstructs the ecological and cultural history of Easter Island and critiques the hitherto accepted theory of the collapse of its civilization. The collapse theory, advanced most recently by Jared Diamond and Clive Ponting, is based on the documented overexploitation of natural resources, particularly woodlands, on which Easter Island culture depended. Deforestation is said to have led to erosion, followed by hunger, conflict, and economic and cultural collapse.