Three Millennia of Climatic, Ecological, and Cultural Change on Easter Island: An Integrative Overview

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Rull del Castillo, Valentí, Cañellas Boltà, Núria, Margalef Marrasé, Olga, Pla Rabés, Sergi, Sáez, Alberto, Giralt Romeu, Santiago
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2016
• Subjects: Paleoecologia; Paleoclimatologia; Islàndia; Paleoecology; Paleoclimatology; Iceland; Rapa; Rapa Nui; Eastern Island; Moai
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/96734

Eastern Island (Rapa Nui) is famous for the legacy of an extinct civilization symbolized by the megalithic statues called moai. Several enigmas regarding the colonization of the island its deforestation and a presumed cultural collapse of the ancient civilization still remain elusive. According to t...