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Easter Island : giant stone statues tell of a rich and tragic past /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, c2000.Description: 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0395876095
  • 9780395876091
  • 9781417717712
  • 1417717718
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 996.1/8 21
LOC classification:
  • F3169 .A76 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Island in the middle of the sea -- First settlers: Legend of Hotu Matu'a -- Daily life -- Stone altars -- Giant stone statues: Making the moai -- Moving the moai -- Topknots and eyes -- Woodcarving -- Rongorongo tablets -- Birdman competition -- Drawing on stone -- End of paradise -- After the arrival of Europeans -- Easter Island today -- Glossary -- Index -- For further information.
Summary: Describes the formation, geography, ecology, and inhabitants of the isolated Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 996.1 ARN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) F3169 Available 34517000209125
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J 989.2 AUG Paraguay / J 989.5 MOR Uruguay / J 993 SHE New Zealand J 996.1 ARN Easter Island : giant stone statues tell of a rich and tragic past / J 998.2 Greenland / J GRA Ground Zero JB ADA John Quincy Adams /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Island in the middle of the sea -- First settlers: Legend of Hotu Matu'a -- Daily life -- Stone altars -- Giant stone statues: Making the moai -- Moving the moai -- Topknots and eyes -- Woodcarving -- Rongorongo tablets -- Birdman competition -- Drawing on stone -- End of paradise -- After the arrival of Europeans -- Easter Island today -- Glossary -- Index -- For further information.

Describes the formation, geography, ecology, and inhabitants of the isolated Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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