1. Two Easter Island Tablets in Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu

Métraux, Alexandre

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“…They were 1.5 to 2.1 m in length and made of bundles of totora reeds (nga'atu) firmly tied together into a conical shape (Métraux, 1940). These floats were used by one or two swimmers who would hold on to or lie on them to aid swimming and fishing in coastal areas.…”

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“…9). It has been suggested that these towers were used to spot shoals of fish (Thomson, 1889;Routledge, 1978), to ascertain the arrival of marine birds or the presence of sea turtles (Thomson, 1889;Métraux, 1940), which were once frequent in these waters, or as watchtowers for observing boats going out to sea to fish. Another possible explanation is that they were shelters for watchers or even for fishermen during the night or during bad weather (Englert, 1948).…”

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Ancient fishing activities developed in Easter Island

Arana¹

2014

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Easter Island, Rapa Nui or Te pito o te henua, is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean halfway between South America and Oceania, constituting one of the most isolated places on the planet. It was colonized by Polynesians at the end of the first millennium of the Christian era, thus becoming one of the extremes of the Polynesian triangle. The island is of volcanic origin, has a small surface area (166 km 2 ) and limited resources, and gave rise to a culture that is unique in the world, recognized internationally for its numerous megalithic constructions and large moai. Just as it was discovered and colonized by sea, the development and sustainability of the island is closely related to the ocean that surrounds it. The objective of this article is to describe the sailing and fishing techniques used by the Easter Islanders, or rapanuis, and their use of marine organisms prior to contact with Europeans, demonstrating their inventiveness and adaptation to the specific characteristics of this small territory. Keywords: boats, fishing methods, sea food, Easter Island, Chile. Actividades pesqueras realizadas en la antigüedad en la Isla de PascuaRESUMEN: La Isla de Pascua, Rapa Nui o Te pito o te henua se encuentra en medio del océano Pacífico a mitad de camino entre Sudamérica y Oceanía, constituyendo uno de los lugares más aislados del planeta. Fue colonizado por polinesios a finales del primer milenio de la era cristiana, conformando uno de los extremos del triángulo de la Polinesia. Esta isla de origen volcánico, de pequeña superficie (166 km 2 ) y limitados recursos, dio origen a una cultura única en el mundo, reconocida internacionalmente por sus numerosas construcciones megalíticas y grandes moais. Así como fue colonizada y descubierta por mar, el desarrollo y sustentabilidad de esta isla está asociado al océano que la circunda. Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir las embarcaciones y técnicas de pesca utilizadas por los pascuenses o rapanuis, así como el uso que le daban a los organismos marinos previo a su contacto con los europeos, demostrando su inventiva y adaptación a las especiales características de ese pequeño territorio.

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Ancient fishing activities developed in Easter Island

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2014

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“…Other topics include rongorongo genres, methods of recitation, and scribal training. Much of the data comes from Katherine Routledge's popular writings (Routledge 1919) or her unpublished ethnographic notebooks, as well as from the work of the Swiss Alfred Metraux ( 1940), long the sole voice of opposition against the various diffusionist misconceptions about rongorongo 's origin that prevailed during much of the 20th century. (As it turns out, no aspect of Easter Island's writing system can be explained by Thor Heyerdahl's fanciful South American connection or de Hevesy's once celebrated Indus Valley hypothesis).…”

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“…Additionally, during our field trip, native Rapanui showed us the presence of water in caves and the phenomena of water emergence from ground near the seashore during low-tide periods. Similarly, Metraux 47 found that "Along the shore, where the coast is low, natives dug reservoirs (puna) which impounded rain water and perhaps some fresh water springs. A deep ditch, between 2 and 3 meters deep, is dug near the shore.…”

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“…45 Lightfoot referred to lithic mulch as that practice involving the use of pebbles, gravel, stones, volcanic ash and cinder or other lithic materials, which can advance germination, growth and maturation of crops by the augmentation of moisture and control of weeds and temperature. 46 But due to the great efforts of ancient agriculturalists "to remove the stones from the ground, to pull up the long rooted weeds which cover it, then to loosen the soil, to build mounds and finally to cover the young plants with grass" 47 it is said that Rapanui do not cultivate large areas.…”

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Concept Map to Visualize Opposite Perspectives of Rapa Nui History as a Whole
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, et al., After exhaustive reading of these texts, a concept map was constructed from the information contained therein. The concept maps were produced in CMAP-tools software. AbstractThis work presents contrasting views on the socio-environmental history of the Rapa Nui. The dominant point of view argues for the occurrence of a cultural "ecocide" caused by the environmental degradation of the Easter Island environment. The opposite school that suggests that introduction of diseases and practice of slavery by foreign visitors was responsible for societal collapse. This integrative view is a product of a concept map developed in Cmap Tools software, based on literature review and field work during 2015. The concept map identified the crucial elements in causal chains, corresponding to the turning points of the argumentative chains, from one school of thoughts to the other one. The interdependence among the two schools of thoughts were demonstrated by different causal chains (highlighted by the use of different colors in the connection lines) sharing the same concepts or elements in the system (the turning points). These turning points highlighted in the concept map, were: eating palm fruits by rodents, decrease of palm trees, transportation of statues (moai), production of canoes, getting firewood and landscape pattern. This work demonstrated how concept maps can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the Rapa Nui history and it identified the key processes that drive the interpretative choices for one school of thought or another. As a result, it can be noted that the concept map can effectively address what are the key processes that investigations should focus on to advance our understanding of the Rapa Nui prehistory.

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