It relates to the mysterious monuments of easter island and the history of the island itself. The mystery of easter island questions and answers. However, a few farms remain for food, and additional trees have been added. There is nothing more intriguing than an ancient mystery, and they dont come much bigger than the disappearance of the inhabitants of easter island. The mystery of easter island questions and answers bbc. The story of an expedition and millions of other books. There has yet to be a satisfactory explanation of where the people came from, how they arrived at easter island.
Ell leveled reader pack for the mysteries of easter island. The benefit you receive by reading this book is actually information inside this reserve incredible fresh, you will get facts which is getting deeper a person read a lot of information you will get. Island of mystery far in the south pacific lies a lonely place called easter island. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. What is known about who the first easter islanders were and when they arrived. Students will work cooperatively and collaboratively to survive on this island, on survival mode, for a series of days and nights, based on the teachers. The mystery of easter island an ecology case study.
Read the following article excerpt from smithsonian magazine 4107. The island stands in isolation 1,200 miles 1,900 kilometres east of pitcairn island and 2,200 miles west of chile. Read the statues that walked unraveling the mystery of. Get up and collect the purple bag from somewhere in the room. The mysteries of easter island springfield public schools.
It is the easternmost outpost of the polynesian island world. In 1995, unesco named easter island a world heritage site, with much of the island protected. Easter island rapa nui in polynesian is a chilean island in the southern pacific ocean famous for its stone head statues called moai. The southeastern pacific ocean island, which is a territory of chile, centuries ago boasted a thriving population but in the 1860s they all suddenly vanished from existence.
Get ebooks thor heyerdahl on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free. On easter day 1722, dutch explorers landed on easter island. Easter island is an island and special territory of chile in the southeastern pacific ocean, at the. A civilisation isolated by 4,000km of pacific ocean was about to meet the outside world for the first time in centuries. Unraveling the mystery of easter island by terry hunt, carl. Rano kau is a 324 m 1,063 ft tall extinct volcano that forms the southwestern headland of easter island, a chilean island in the pacific ocean. Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth, easter island, located in the. The island is home to about six thousand people and hundreds of giant stone statues called moai. This handsome volume is the story of thor heyerdahls love of a mystery and of an island and its people. Pdf download the mystery of easter island the story of an expedition read online. Introduction in the middle of the south pacific, several thousand kilometers west of the coast of chile, is the most isolated inhabited piece of land on earth. Easter island map mystery box the easter island mystery box has an equal chance of unboxing any of the 15 items from the box every unbox, and a 3% chance of. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. By the time dutch explorersthe first europeans to reach the remote island arrived on easter day in 1722, the land was nearly barren.
When and why these people left their native land remains a mystery. Finally, the mystery of what happened to the people of easter island. The great mystery of easter island that struck all early visitors was not just that these colossal statues stood in such a tiny and remote corner of the world but that the stones seemed to have been set down from the sky. It is the place where the inhabitants came to celebrate the birdman rite. Pdf the human transformation of rapa nui easter island. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Some have suggested that aliens marooned on earth planted the statues as signals to their fellow aliens to. The secrets of easter island history smithsonian magazine. The first impression, in front of a monument of easter island, is the. Has one of the worlds greatest mysteries finally been solved. More recently, heyerdahl was invited to return to easter island and there confronted the conundrum of the famous, haunting. Angata, the prophetess, the mystery of easter island.
Rapa nui, or easter island, is one of the most isolated places on earth, 2000km from its nearest. Download file free book pdf the mystery of easter island at complete pdf library. Very isolated easter day in 1722 imagine what the first dutch explorers thought when they first accidentally sailed to rapa nui easter island and saw the statues. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. The basal flaking and forward lean point to how the statue was. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Unraveling the mystery of easter island pdf, the monumental statues of easter island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by europeans on easter sunday 1722. Statistics rapa nui easter island is 5 hours 3600 km by jet airplane from chile 2000km from the closest inhabited island. The mystery of easter island travel smithsonian magazine. Pdf in 1992, a thesis came to light, sustaining the collapse of. A civilisation isolated by 4,000km of pacific ocean was about to. The monumental statues of easter island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by europeans on easter sunday 1722.
When you first see a moai statue you are drawn to its disproportionately large head compared to body length and that is why they are commonly called easter. Named easter island by the dutch explorer jacob roggeveen, who first spied it on easter day 1722, this tiny spit of volcanic rock in the vast south seas is, even today, the most remote inhabited. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Figure 2 moai are giant human figures carved from rock on the between 1250 and 1500. Easter island is one of the most remote places in the world and acclaimed archaeologist thor heyerdahl spent much of his life investigating the mystery of the island s famed, ancient statues. About 200 moai still lie in various states of production. Read read the statues that walked unraveling the mystery of easter island by terry hunt book online or download pdf pdf. This two page editable case study comes with an answer key. The mystery of easter island was originally published in 1919, based upon the research of an english lady, katherine routledge, who lived on the island in 191415. Heyerdahl visited easter island in 1955 and 1956 as he tried to determine if the island had been originally colonized by people who sailed from south. For decades, scientists have studied this remote island in the south pacific and its hundreds of giant stone statues known as moai.
For further discussion choose one of the questions from the table and share your answers in the questions area below. It is the capital and the only town you find on easter island. The mysteries of easter island the mysteries of easter island. The island is triangular and about 20 kilometers long. Easter island remains one of the most mysterious places in the world. We now know the answer to the riddle and it is a chilling one. The famous moai statues of easter island have been a mystery to science for. Butler the history of easter island, its statues and its peoples, has long been shrouded in mystery. Our mission was simply to document these remainsmany in danger of destruction. The mystery of easter island by katherine routledge.
The mystery of easter after the reading of the gospel, sit down with the children. Easter island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early rapa nui people. If everybody is ready, i will get the things we need for today. Pdf the walking megalithic statues moai of easter island. She learned the rapanui language and interviewed all the old people she could find who still remembered the past. But what is clear is that they made a small, uninhabited island with rolling hills and a lush. The mystery solved hardcover december 3, 1989 book is not ordinary book, you have it then the world is in your hands. Informational nonfiction, 585 words, level m grade 2, lexile 690l.
Pdf rapa nui easter island has become widely known as a case study of humaninduced environmental catastrophe resulting in. Sediment samples document that up to half of the native plants had become. It is considered the most important archeological site of the island. The mystery of easter island bbc programme summary on easter day 1722, dutch explorers landed on easter island. Samuel and audrey travel and food videos 111,726 views. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information. Angata, the prophetess, the mystery of easter island, published 1919. If youve enjoyed easter island, you can support the creators by purchasing the mystery box or the box bundle. Over thirty years ago, the man who did such important, pioneering work in kontiki wrote another bestselling book, akuaku, about easter island. Islanders today are inclined to take the path of least resistance. The mystery of why easter islands inhabitants all died.
Now, read the article mystery of easter island and complete the table on the easter island mystery worksheet. The mysteries of easter of island is a detailed text that will keep students engaged and leave them with many of their own questions to consider. Apparently thor was wrong about the migration but the book was good. It was formed of basaltic lava flows in the pleistocene with its youngest rocks dated at between 150,000 and 210,000 years ago. Katherine maria routledge nee pease 11 august 1866 december 1935, was an english. Easter island map mystery box the easter island mystery box has an equal chance of unboxing any of the 15 items from the box every unbox, and a 3% chance of unboxing one of the cosmetics with a mythical effect. The worksheet is dedicated to intermediate upperintermediate students.
We set to work to excavate some of the statues which st. Remarkably detailed book about her expeeriences enroute to and on easter island, leading an anthropological and archeological expedition with her husband, william scoresby routledge, to investigate the origins of the island s mysterious giant statues and. The first page contains an article about easter island and the development of the ecological disaster that occurred there, and the second page contains questions that explore the causes and effects of. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. Jared diamond, a professor of geography and physiology at ucla, has explored the. Pdf the statues that walked unraveling the mystery of. Easter island mystery revealed using mathematical model.
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