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Hotu Matú'a, --- Manuscript E (Raparui legend) --- Easter Island --- Pâques, Ile de --- History --- Histoire --- Hotu Matú'a, --- Pâques, Ile de --- David Island --- Île de Pâques --- Isla de David --- Isla de Pascua --- Isla de San Carlos --- Pâques Island --- Pascua Island --- Rapa Nui --- Rapanui --- History. --- Kings and rulers. --- Islands of the Pacific

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Prehistoric peoples --- Easter Island --- Pâques, Ile de --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Pâques, Île de --- Pâques, Ile de --- Antiquités --- Antiquités. --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Easter Island. --- David Island --- Île de Pâques --- Isla de David --- Isla de Pascua --- Isla de San Carlos --- Pâques Island --- Pascua Island --- Rapa Nui --- Rapanui --- Antiquities. --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Islands of the Pacific --- Primitive societies

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In this book, Jan J. Boersema reconstructs the ecological and cultural history of Easter Island and critiques the hitherto accepted theory of the collapse of its civilization. The collapse theory, advanced most recently by Jared Diamond and Clive Ponting, is based on the documented overexploitation of natural resources, particularly woodlands, on which Easter Island culture depended. Deforestation is said to have led to erosion, followed by hunger, conflict, and economic and cultural collapse. Drawing on scientific data and historical sources, including the shipping journals of the Dutch merchant who was the first European to visit the island in 1722, Boersema shows that deforestation did not in fact jeopardize food production and lead to starvation and violence. On the basis of historical and scientific evidence, Boersema demonstrates how Easter Island society responded to cultural and environmental change as it evolved and managed to survive.

Prehistoric peoples --- Sculpture, Prehistoric --- Polynesians --- Ethnology --- Pacific Islanders --- Prehistoric sculpture --- Sculpture, Primitive --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Antiquities. --- Easter Island --- David Island --- Île de Pâques --- Isla de David --- Isla de Pascua --- Isla de San Carlos --- Pâques Island --- Pascua Island --- Rapa Nui --- Rapanui --- Islands of the Pacific --- Civilization. --- Sculpture --- Primitive societies

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Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquités préhistoriques --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Easter Island --- Pâques, Ile de --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- -Antiquities, Prehistoric --- -Prehistoric antiquities --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistory --- Prehistoric peoples --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- -David Island --- Île de Pâques --- Isla de David --- Isla de Pascua --- Isla de San Carlos --- Pâques Island --- Pascua Island --- Rapa Nui --- Rapanui --- Islands of the Pacific --- Antiquities --- -Easter Island --- -Antiquities --- Antiquités préhistoriques --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Pâques, Ile de --- Antiquités --- Prehistoric antiquities --- Antiquities, Prehistoric - Easter Island. --- Excavations (Archaeology) - Easter Island.

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"In 1964-65, an international team of thirty-eight scientists and assistants, led by Montreal physician Stanley Skoryna, sailed to the mysterious Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to conduct an unprecedented survey of its biosphere. Born of Cold War concerns about pollution, overpopulation, and conflict, and initially conceived as the first of two trips, the project was designed to document the island's status before a proposed airport would link the one thousand people living in humanity's remotest community to the rest of the world--its germs, genes, culture, and economy. Based on archival papers, diaries, photographs, and interviews with nearly twenty members of the original team, Stanley's Dream sets the expedition in its global context within the early days of ecological research and the understudied International Biological Program. Jacalyn Duffin traces the origins, the voyage, the often-complicated life within the constructed camp, the scientific preoccupations, the role of women, the resultant reports, films, and publications, and the previously unrecognized accomplishments of the project, including a goodwill tour of South America, the delivery of vaccines, and the discovery of a wonder drug. For Rapa Nui, the expedition coincided with its rebellion against the colonizing Chilean military, resulting in its first democratic election. For Canada, it reflected national optimism as the country prepared for its centennial and adopted its own flag. Ending with Duffin's own journey to the island to uncover the legacy of the study and the impact of the airport and to elicit local memories, Stanley's Dream is an entertaining and poignant account of a long-forgotten but important Canadian-led international expedition."--

Medical care. --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Healthcare --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Public health --- Skoryna, Stanley C. --- Skoryna, Stanley Constantine --- Canadian Medical Expedition to Easter Island --- Medical Expedition to Easter Island --- METEI --- M.E.T.E.I. --- Easter Island --- David Island --- Île de Pâques --- Isla de David --- Isla de Pascua --- Isla de San Carlos --- Pâques Island --- Pascua Island --- Rapa Nui --- Rapanui --- Islands of the Pacific --- Environmental conditions --- METEI (Expedition) --- M.E.T.E.I. (Expedition)