EASTER ISLAND AND EAST POLYNESIAN PREHISTORY
Edited by
Patricia Vargas Casanova
First edition December 1998, Second Edition June 1999
Contents
Roger. C. Green..............................................................ii-iv
Patricia Vargas Casanova.................................................v-vi
Roger. C. Green ...........................................................vii-viii
Patricia Vargas Casanova.............................................. ix-x
Resúmenes de los Trabajos ..........................................xi-xx
Chapter 1.- Sedimentological Approach of the Coastal Archaeological Settlements of Rivnac and Atiahara (French Polynesia), Preliminary results. Line Badalian .........................................................1 - 6
Chapter 2.- Initial Results from Atiahara and Teta’Itapu, Two Coastal Settlement Sites, Upon the Islands of Tubuai and Tahiti: Their Implications for an Understanding of Prehistoric Regional Adaptation to Environment. Mark Eddowes.........................................................7-30
Chapter 3.- The Archaeological Survey of Raivavae Austral Islands, French Polynesia. Preliminary Results. Edmundo Edwards........................................................................31-58
Chapter 4.- Landscapes of Power: Late Prehistoric Settlement and Land Use of Marginal
Environments in the Hawaiian Islands. Patrick V. Kirch.............................................................................59-72Chapter 5.- Issues in the Colonization and Settlement of Polynesian Islands. Marshall Weisler......................................................73-86
Chapter 6.- Rapanui Origins Prior to European Contact. The View from Eastern Polynesia.
Roger C. Green............................................................................87-110Chapter 7.- Rapa Nui Settlement Patterns: Types, Function and Spatial Distribution of
Households Structural Components. Patricia Vargas Casanova.........................................................111-130Chapter 8.- Double Canoes on Easter Island ? Reassesing the Orongo Petroglyph Evidence.
Jo Anne Van Tilburg.................................................................131-146Chapter 9.- New Approaches to Settlement Patterns Studies. A GIS based Analysis of the Easter
Island Archaeological Survey Data. Patricia Vargas Casanova , Roberto Izaurieta;. Claudio Cristino, Carlos Arias................................................................................147-152Chapter 10.- Archaeological Excavations and Restoration of Ahu Tongariki.
Claudio Cristino F., Patricia Vargas Casanova.....................153-158Chapter 11.- Femoral Diapyseal Osteon Population Density and Histomorphometric Age Determinations for the Tongariki Easter Islanders.
Andrea Drusini, Claudio Cristino.............................................159-164Chapter 12.- Variation and Frequency of Three-Rooted First Permanent Molars in the Pacific and in Precontact Easter Islanders.
Daris Swindler, Andrea Drusini, Claudio Cristino..................165-170Chapter 13.- Settlement Patterns and Subsistence on the Northwest Coast of Easter Island. A Progress Report. Joan Wozniak.............................................................................171-178
Chapter 14.- Excavations at Anakena. The Easter Island Settlement Sequence and Change of Subsistence. Helene Martinsson-Wallin, Paul Wallin...................................179-186
Chapter 15.- Easter Island Statue Inventory and Documentation: A Status Report. Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Patricia Vargas Casanova....................187-194
Chapter 16.- Evolution du Couvert Végétal à l’Ile de Pâques du 15è au 19è Siècle. Catherine Orliac, Michel Orliac...............................................195-200
Chapter 17.- Easter Island Lunar Month Terminology: Implications for Prehistory.
Robert C Suggs...........................................................................201-208References.- ...............................................................................209-228