Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	Springer International Publishing
Buchreihe	:	Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research (Bd. 22)
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	13. 05. 2022
Einband	:	Gebunden
Höhe	:	235 mm
Breite	:	155 mm
ISBN	:	9783030911263
Sprache	:	Englisch

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Stichworte aus dem enthaltenen Werk

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Stichworte im VLB

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Rapa Nui, Prehistory, Settlement, Deforestation, Cultural shift, Climatic and environmental change, Extinction, Ethnobotany, Phylogeography, Biogeography, Paleoclimatology

Produktinformation

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This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island’s (Rapa Nui, in Polynesian language) prehistory – i.e., the time from the initial settlement to European contact – from a multidisciplinary and unbiased perspective. The main topics include: (i) the timing of settlement and the origin of the first settlers; (ii) the main traits of the prehistoric Rapanui culture and its changes; (iii) the total deforestation of the island, its timing and causes; (iv) the extinction of the original and the prehistoric biota, (v) the occurrence of climatic shifts and their potential effects on socioecological trends; (vi) the occurrence or not of a Rapanui cultural and demographic collapse before European contact; and (vii) the influence of Europeans on the prehistoric Rapanui society, among others. The book is subdivided into thematic sections and each chapter is written by renowned specialists in disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, paleoecology, ethnography, linguistics, ethnobotany, phylogenetics/phylogeography and history. Contributors have been invited regardless their personal approaches and perspectives, to provide an open and objective vision that includes as many views as possible on the topics considered. In this way, the readers may be able to compare different of points of view and make their own interpretations on each subject. The book is intended for a wide audience including graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, university teachers and researchers interested on the subject. Given its multidisciplinary character and the topics included, the book is suitable for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and interests.

Leseprobe

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Deine Buchhandlung

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