Ethnology of Easter Island  •  ARCHAEOLOGY •  1971 •  PAPER  • 446 PAGES • COMING IN Almost sixty years later it remains the unsurpassed Encyclopedia Pascuensis. Geography, climate, society, art, language, culture, tattoos, games, the writing system, religion, traditional law, are all included in this book. This book is essential to anyone who is interested in Easter Island. (EIL21, $29.50)
Among Stone Giants, The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition of Easter Island  •  Jo Anne Van Tilburg BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 368 PAGES • COMING IN An absorbing account of the eventful life of a key figure in the archaeology of Rapa Nui. Van Tilburg brings to the story her own field experience on Easter Island, along with a wealth of information from recently discovered family papers. Katherine and her husband William Scoresby led the Mana Expedition to Easter Island from 1913 to 1915, where Katherine conducted the first-ever excavations of the island's now-famous stone statues, (all told in Routledge's original account, The Mystery of Easter Island (EIL10). Not just a collecting expedition, Katherine interviewed islanders about a way of life fast disappearing, got caught up in a rebellion and, eventually, became entangled with a local Shaman. At age 69, Routledge -- who fought a lifelong battle with schizophrenia by turning to spirituality and mysticism -- died tragically in an asylum in Britain. (EIL16, $27.00)
Easter Island, Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture  •  Jo Anne Van Tilburg ARCHAEOLOGY •  1995 •  HARD COVER  • 191 PAGES • COMING IN Based on 12 years of field research, this book illustrates and describes 1,000 statues on the island, putting them into their artistic and cultural context. This comprehensive and up-to-date overview also puts forward the latest theories on how the islanders could have moved the 14-ton statues -- an important step toward unraveling the mystery of Easter Island. With color and archival photographs, maps, site plans, and specially commissioned line drawings. (EIL03, $45.00)
The Enigmas of Easter Island  •  John Flenley  •  Paul Bahn ARCHAEOLOGY •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 256 PAGES • COMING IN For this revised and updated edition of Bahn and Flenley's highly regarded 1992 book, the authors offer an excellent, scholarly portrait of the island, its art, culture and collapse. They incorporate recent archaeological evidence and research, including what has been learned from the Rongorongo script. With chapters on settlement, quarrying and moving of rock for the giant statues, and the European discovery. (EIL02, $43.50)
Seabirds of the World, A Photographic Guide  •  Peter Harrison FIELD GUIDE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 317 PAGES • COMING IN A field edition of Harrison's definitive seabird identification guide, featuring 740 color photographs. It illustrates all the world's seabirds, many in a variety of plumages. The book also contains a convenient key to identifying the confusing albatrosses, petrels and other tubenoses, as well as range maps and information about habitats and distribution. This is the book that you'd carry on any sea voyage; our ten-year-old edition has been everywhere. (FG16, $29.95)
Rapanui, Tradition and Survival on Easter Island  •  Grant McCall CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1994 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES • COMING IN A compelling overview of Rapanui, its resilient population, social, religious and material life. The author is an Australian anthropologist. (EIL04, $15.00)