Environment: Late Colonization of Easter Island


	Environment: Late Colonization of Easter Island

kmcolo

3-17-2006 7:40 AM

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environment, paleo-reconstructions, human impacts

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"Substantial ecological impacts [...] began soon after initial settlement."

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Late Colonization of Easter Island
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<nobr>Terry L. Hunt<sup>1</sup><sup>*</sup></nobr> and 
<nobr>Carl P. Lipo<sup>2</sup></nobr>
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Easter Island (Rapa Nui) provides a model of human-induced environmental<sup> </sup>degradation. A reliable chronology is central to understanding<sup> </sup>the cultural, ecological, and demographic processes involved.<sup> </sup>Radiocarbon dates for the earliest stratigraphic layers at Anakena,<sup> </sup>Easter Island, and analysis of previous radiocarbon dates imply<sup> </sup>that the island was colonized late, about 1200 A.D. Substantial<sup> </sup>ecological impacts and major cultural investments in monumental<sup> </sup>architecture and statuary thus began soon after initial settlement.<sup> </sup></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/311/5767/1603"><FONT size='-1'>
<sup>1</sup>  Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i Manoa, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
<sup>2</sup>  Department of Anthropology and Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Society, California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA.
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