Easter Island's Silent Sentinels: The Sculpture and Architecture of Rapa Nui

by Patricia Vargas Casanova, Claudio Cristino, Kenneth Treister

Book Overview

It may be the most interesting and yet loneliest spot on earth: a volcanic rock surrounded by a million square miles of ocean, named for the day Dutch explorers discovered it, Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722. Here people created a complex society, sophisticated astronomy, exquisite wood sculpture, monumental stone architecture, roads, and a puzzling ideographic script. And then they went about sculpting amazing, giant human figures in stone. This richly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826352642
• ISBN13: 9780826352644
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.2"