This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

Phytoliths are essential palaeoecological proxies that play an immensely important role in
palaeoclimatic studies. Their inert composition and general hardiness allow phytoliths to be …

Earlier palynological studies of lake sediments from Easter Island suggest that the island
underwent a recent and abrupt replacement of palm-dominated forests by grasslands …

Abstract Objectives The Rapa Nui “ecocide” narrative questions whether the prehistoric
population caused an avoidable ecological disaster through rapid deforestation and over …

Collapses of food producer societies are recurrent events in prehistory and have triggered a
growing concern for identifying the underlying causes of convergences/divergences across …

Abstract Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is well known for the enigmas surrounding its unique
megalithic statues, the moai, and the prehistoric (ie, pre-European contact) Rapanui society …

Starch residue analysis was carried out on stone tools recovered from the bottom layer of the
Anakena site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). These deposits have been dated to AD 1000 …

This study centers on excavations in the inner region of Rano Raraku, the megalithic statue
(moai) quarry of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). In Rano Raraku a transformed landscape is …

The study of Māori agriculture, including almost all the numerous Māori stone garden sites
recorded in both the North and South Islands, has been hindered by lack of evidence in the …

Easter Island deforestation has traditionally been viewed as an abrupt island‐wide event
caused by the prehistoric Rapanui civilization, which precipitated its own cultural collapse …