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What happened on Rapa Nui?
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Textbook example of ecoside
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Rapa Nui (Easter Island) 3,000 miles to nearest neighbors and W-E biogeographical
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Jubae chilensis palm trees are related to palm trees that were on rapa nui
Rapa Nui Today
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Rapa Nui: Landing of Europeans in 17
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Palm-tree dominated habitat
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First landing at Anakena around AD 1200
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Anakena Dun Site
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Provides supporting evidence for short chronology for settlement of Rapa Nui
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Unformatted text preview: around AD 1200 • Polynesian Rat discovers the palm nuts of Rapa Nui palm forests Rapa Nui it a text book example of “eco-cide” • Population decline on Rapa Nui following European Incursion of 1722 and later • Few trees but decedents survive “Lessons” of Rapa Nui: • Farmers transform landscapes • Ecological vulnerability of islands • Rapaciousness of European colonization • Resilience of people of Rapa Nui...
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- Fall '08
- Johnson
- Colonialism, Polynesia, Rapa Nui, Anakena, Tangata manu
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