Among
Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition
to Easter Island
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg
Book Description: Katherine Routledge is a central figure in the history
of Easter Island, one of the world's most remote and mysterious locales.
Born to a wealthy and prestigious English Quaker family in 1866, Katherine
rebelled against their strict Victorian values, becoming one of the first
female graduates of Oxford University and the first woman archaeologist
to work in Polynesia.
At the age of forty, Katherine married a charismatic Australian adventurer,
William Scoresby Routledge, and they built a ninety-foot, state-of-the-art
yacht, christening her Mana, the Polynesian word for "spiritual power."
From
1913 to 1915, Katherine and Scoresby led the Mana Expedition to Easter
Island, where Katherine conducted the first-ever excavations of the island's
world-famous stone statues. Katherine collected vast quantities of new
information, which she faithfully transcribed into her journals and field
notebooks. Through interviews with dozens of elderly men and women, she
was able to save the history of the island, whose population was struggling
back from the brink of extinction. Without Katherine's extraordinary efforts,
Easter Island's traditional beliefs and customs would have been forever
lost.
Katherine's hard work came at a terrible price. A family history of
schizophrenia and a deep sense of spiritualism brought her under the spell
of an old mystic named Angata, who led an Easter Island rebellion in which
Katherine played a central role. After her return to England, she heard
"voices" that precipitated a separation from Scoresby and nearly destroyed
her ability to write and to publish her fieldwork. Her family blamed Angata,
the Easter Island "witch doctor," for driving Katherine insane. With Scoresby,
they kidnapped Katherine from her lavish London home and isolated her in
an asylum, where she died seven years later.
Many of Katherine's papers were thought to be lost until they were discovered
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the contemporary world's leading authority on the
Easter Island statues. In this compelling biography, Dr. Van Tilburg brings
her unique expertise to Katherine Routledge's discoveries and to her turbulent
life. The result is an exciting personal story, set against the drama of
Katherine's remarkable exploration of one of the most intriguing archaeological
sites in the world.
Hardcover from Scribner
Book Published: April, 2003 |
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Easter
Island: Mystery of the Stone Giants
By Catherine and Michel Orliac
A history of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean that was discovered
by Dutch sailors on Easter Sunday, 1722, is pieced together by archaeologists
and considers the mysteries of an awe-inspiring place filled with giant
statues.
Paperback: 143 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.55 x
6.98 x 4.92
Publisher: Harry N Abrams; ; (April 1995)
ISBN: 0810928345 |
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The
Mystery of Easter Island (Mystic Travellers Series)
by Katherine Routledge
Paperback - 438 pages Reprint edition (February 1998)
Adventures Unlimited Pr; ISBN: 0932813488 |
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Trespassers
on Easter Island
by Hanns Ebensten
(Hardcover - March 2001)
Lonely
Planet Chile & Easter Island (Chile and Easter Island, 5th Ed)
by Wayne Bernhardson
(Paperback - June 2000)
Easter
Island : Giant Stone Statues Tell of a Rich and Tragic Past
by Caroline Arnold (Author)
(School & Library Binding)
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Men and a Duck: An Improbable Voyage by Reed Boat to Easter Island
by Nick Thorpe
(Hardcover - June 2002)
Easter
Island Studies: Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William
T. Mulloy (Oxbow Monographs in Archaeology No 32)
by Steven R. Fischer (Editor)
(Hardcover - August 1993)
Easter
Island
by Carlos Mordo
Book Description: Surrounded by the immense expanse of the Pacific Ocean,
over 2,000 miles from the nearest inhabited land, tiny Easter Island with
an area of only 46 square miles is incredibly isolated.
Easter Island is most famous for the giant statues that have fascinated
the world since the island's discovery by European explorers in the early
eighteenth century. How did a small, isolated society with limited resources
create these magnificent monuments? How were these statues, some weighing
200 tons, transported for miles across the island? And, more mysteriously,
what role did they play in the religion and social order of the people
who created them?
These and many other questions surrounding Easter Island are addressed
in Carlos Mordo's new book. The author reveals that this island on the
outermost edge of Polynesia hosted a rich culture where shamans and priests,
and a mystical belief in ancestor gods, directed the life and death of
the islanders, who thrived, created these statues of startling originality,
then disappeared.
Easter Island also examines the island's unique environment and ultimately
how its degradation, and contact with Europeans in the eighteenth century,
had profound consequences for the island's people.
Illustrated with over 150 color photographs, Easter Island is a fascinating
exploration of the history and living culture of this remarkable island.
(Hardcover - September 2002)
Easter
Island
by Michael Kenna
(Hardcover - June 2002)
Easter
Island
by Aaron Blair
(Paperback - November 2001)
Easter
Island in Pacific Context. South Seas Symposium. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Conference on Easter Island and East Polynesia
by Christopher M. Stevenson (Editor), et al
(Paperback)
Easter
Island : Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, John Mack
Hardcover (October 1995)
Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560985100
Ingrained
Images: Woodcarvings from Easter Island
by Joan T. Seaver Kurze, et al
(Paperback)
Hawaiian and Easter Island Designs
by Caren Caraway
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Rapanui
(Descriptive Grammars)
by Veronica Du Feu
Book Description This text is based on recordings made in the
1980s and on information provided by the islanders, represents du Feu's
determination to record the language before it dies out. All linguistic
aspects are covered, including the syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon
of the language. Just as importantly, the book has been structured in such
a way as to facilitate cross-language comparisons. There are over 800 illustrative
sentences, each accompanied by interlinear grammatical analysis and translation,
as well as a Rapanui folk tale, in both the original and in English. Finally,
as a source of vocabulary, this volume goes beyond any previously available
dictionaries.
Hardcover (July 1995)
Routledge; ISBN: 0415000114
Rock
Art of Easter Island : Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods
(Monumenta Archaeologica, Vol 17)
by Georgia Lee
Hardcover (January 1992)
Univ of California LA Inst of; ISBN: 0917956745
Splendid
Isolation: Art of Easter Island
by Eric Kjellgren, et al
(Paperback)
The Ancient Solar Observations of Rapanui : The Archaeoastronomy
of Easter Island
(The Easter Island Series)
by William Liller
Paperback 1st Ed. edition (August 1993)
Cloud Mountain Pub; ISBN: 1880636018
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DX-Aku: Messages from the Easter Island Expedition
by Robert W. Schmieder
Paperback - 366 pages (December 1, 1996)
Cordell Expeditions; ISBN: 0962601365
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Language of Easter Island Its Development and Eastern Polynesian
Relationship
by Robert Langdon
Paperback (June 1983)
Brigham Young Univ Inst Polynesian; ISBN: 0939154323
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Easter Island ; The Rapaniu Speech and the Peopling of Southeast
Polynesia
(Reprint)
by William Churchill
Hardcover (June 1912)
AMS Press; ISBN: 0404142141
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Chile & Easter Island Travel Survival Kit
Wayne Bernhardson
Paperback - 432 pages 4th edition (May 1997)
From the fjords of the Patagonian Andes to the night life of Santiago,
this new edition has everything travelers need to know to get around Chile
and Easter Island. With 90 detailed maps including a two-page highlight
color map, a Spanish language guide and tips on transportation, accommodations,
and food for all budgets, as well as coverage of the Faulklands/Islas Malvinas.
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