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Here
is a list of the most useful books on Easter Island.
Those marked with an asterisk are available through
the Easter Island Foundation (underlined titles link
to the EIF Publications page).
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* Altman, Ann (trans.). 2004. Early Visitors to Easter Island 1864-1877. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Ayres, W.S. and G.S. Ayres, 1995. Geiseler’s Easter Island Report. Manoa: University of Hawai'i. |
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Bahn, Paul G. and John R. Flenley. 1992. Easter Island, Earth Island. London and New York: Thames and Hudson. |
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Barthel, Thomas S. 1978. The Eighth Land: The Polynesian Discovery and Settlement of Easter Island (Anneliese Martin, trans.). Honolulu: The University Press of Hawai'i. |
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Barthel, Thomas S. 1958. Grundlagen zur Entzifferung der Osterinselschrift. Hamburg: Cram, De Gruyter. |
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Bellwood, Peter. 1978. The Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People. London: Thames & Hudson. |
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Campbell, R. 1971. La Herencia Musical de Rapanui. Easter Island: Museum Store. [Reprint: Museum Store/Rapanui Press, 2006] |
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Campbell, R. 1999. Mito y Realidad Rapa Nui. Santiago: Editorial Andres Bello. |
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C.E.I.P.P. 1982. Nouveau Regard sur l'Île de Pâques. Saintry sur Seine: Moana Editeur. |
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Charola, A.E. 1994. Easter Island: The Heritage and its Conservation. World Monuments Fund, New York. |
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Charola, A.E. 1997. Death of a Moai. Easter Island Statues: Their Nature, Deterioration, and Conservation. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 2005 [1935]. The Mysteries of Easter Island. (Ann M. Altman, trans.; Shawn McLaughlin, ed.) - www.chauvet-translation.com. |
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Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 1945. La Isla de Pascua y Sus Misterios. Santiago de Chile: Zigzag. |
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Chauvet, Stéphen-Charles. 1935. L'Ile de Paques et ses Mysteres. Aux Editions "Tel". |
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Cristino, C., P. Vargas and R. Izaurieta. 1981. Atlas Arqueológico de Isla de Pascua. Chile: Corporacion Toesca |
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* Drake, Alan. 1992. The Ceremonial Center of Orongo. Woodland, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Du Feu, V. 1996. Rapa Nui: Descriptive Grammar. London: Routledge. |
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Englert, S. 2006. Legends of Easter Island. Bilingual Texts. (Corrected Edition.) Museum Store / Rapanui Press. |
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Englert, Sebastián. 1970. Island at the Center of the World. New York: Charles Scribner's sons. |
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Englert, Sebastián. 1948. La Tierra de Hotu Matu'a. Padre Las Casas (Chile): "San Francisco". |
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Esen-Bauer, H.-M. 1990. State and Perspectives of Scientific Research in Easter Island Culture. Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1990 |
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Esen-Baur H.M. (ed.) 1989. 1500 Jahre Kultur der Osterinsel: Schätze aus dem Land des Hotu Matua. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. |
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Fischer, Steven Roger. 2005. Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History Of Easter Island. London: Reaktion. |
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Fischer, Steven Roger. 1997. Rongorongo: The Easter Island Script. History, Traditions, Texts. Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 14. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. |
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Fischer, Steven Roger (ed.). 1993. Easter Island Studies: Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William T. Mulloy. Oxford: Oxbow Monograph 32. |
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Flenley, John & Paul Bahn. 2002. Enigmas of Easter Island. London: Oxford University Press. |
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Heyerdahl, Thor and Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr. (eds.). 1961. The Archaeology of Easter Island: Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific. Monograph 24. Santa Fe: School of American Research and Museum of New Mexico. |
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Heyerdahl, Thor. 1952. Aku-Aku. London: Allen & Unwin. |
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* Haoa Rapahango, Anna Betty & William Liller. 1996. Speak Rapanui! ¡Hable Rapanui! Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Highland, G.A., et al (eds.). 1967. Polynesian Culture History: Essays in Honor of Kenneth P. Emory. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Special Publication 56. |
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Jennings, J. (ed.). 1979. The Prehistory of Polynesia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. |
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Kjellgren, E. 2001. Splendid Isolation. New York: Metropolitan Museum. |
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Kirch, Patrick V. 1984. The Evolution of Polynesian Chiefdoms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
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Kirch, Patrick V. (ed.). 1986. Island Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. |
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* Kurze, Joan Seaver. 1997. Ingrained Images: Carvings in Wood from Easter Island. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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* Lee, Georgia. 2006. Rapa Nui, Island of Memory. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Lee, Georgia. 1990. An Uncommon Guide to Easter Island. Arroyo Grande, California: International Resources. |
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Lee, Georgia. 1992. The Rock Art of Easter Island: Symbols of Power, Prayers to the Gods. Monumenta Archaeologica 17. Los Angeles: The Institute of Archaeology, UCLA. |
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Liller, William. 1993. The Ancient Solar Observatories of Rapanui. Woodland, California: Cloud Mountain Press and Easter Island Foundation. |
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Liller, William. 1996. Los Antiguos Observatirios Solares de Rapa Nui. Woodland, California: Cloud Mountain Press and Easter Island Foundation. |
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Maiani, M. and S. Quer. 1996. Voyage vers l’Ile Mysterieuse de la Polynésie a l’île de Paques. Bordeaux: Musée d'Aquitane Bordeaux |
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Martinsson-Wallin, H. 2006. Rapa Nui: Aku Aku from Afar. Easter Island: Rapa Nui Press. |
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Martinsson-Wallin, H. 1994. Ahu – The Ceremonial Stone Structures of Easter Island. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis. |
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The Kon-Tiki Museum Occasional Papers Vol.5. 2000. Essays in Honour of Arne Skjølsvold, 75 years. Wallin, P. and H. Martinsson-Wallin, (eds.) Oslo: Kon-Tiki Museum. |
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McCall, Grant. 1994. Rapanui: Tradition and Survival on Easter Island. 2nd Edition. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. |
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* McLaughlin, Shawn. 2007. The Complete Guide to Easter Island. 2nd Edition. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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* Mieth, Andreas Mieth & Hans-Rudolf Bork (Detlef Busche, trans.). 2004. Easter Island - Rapa Nui: Scientific Pathways to Secrets of the Past. Department of Ecotechnology & Ecosystem Development, Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. |
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Métraux, Alfred. 1940. Ethnology of Easter Island. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 160. |
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* Mulloy, William. 1997. The Easter Island Bulletins of William Mulloy. Reprinted and bound into a Single Volume together with other Papers. World Monuments Fund & Easter Island Foundation. |
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Orliac, C. and M. Orliac, 1995. Bois Sculptés de l'Île de Pâques. Marseille: Editions Parenthèses. |
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Pardon, D. 2003. Île de Pâques, Rapa Nui. Tahiti: Au Vent des Iles Editions. |
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Porteous, J. Douglas. 1981. The Modernization of Easter Island. Western Geological Series 19. Victoria (British Columbia): University of Victoria Press. |
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Ramirez, Jose Miguel and Carlos Huber. 2000. Easter Island. Rapa Nui, A Land of Rocky Dreams. Chile: Alvimpress Impresores. |
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* Rapa Nui Journal, The Journal of the Easter Island Foundation. P.O. Box 6774, Los Osos, California 93412. Since 1986. See contents |
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Routledge, Katherine (Mrs. S.) 1919. The Mystery of Easter Island. London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. [Reprint: Adventures Unlimited, 1978] |
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The Kon-Tiki Museum Occasional Papers Vol.1. 1989. Skjølsvold, A. (ed.), Oslo: Kon-Tiki Museum. The Kon-Tiki Museum Research Department. |
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The Kon-Tiki Museum Occasional Papers Vol.3. 1994. Archaeological Investigations at Anakena, Easter Island. Skj lsvold, A. (ed.) Oslo: Kon-Tiki Museum. |
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* Stevenson, Christopher M., et al (eds.). 1998. Easter Island in the Pacific Context South Seas Symposium - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Easter Island and East Polynesia. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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* Stevenson, Christopher M., et al (eds.). 2001. Pacific 2000 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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* Stevenson, Christopher M., José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga, Francis J. Morin, and Norma Barbacci (eds.). 2005. The Reñaca Papers. VI International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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* Stevenson, C. M. and W. S. Ayres (eds.). 2000. Easter Island Archaeology: Research on Early Rapa Nui Culture. Los Osos, California: Easter Island Foundation. |
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Thomson, W. J. 1891. Te Pito te Henua, or Easter Island. Reports of the United States National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1889. Annual Reports of the Smithsonian Institution for 1889. Washington DC. [Reprint: Long Read, 2005] |
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Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 2004. Hoa Hakananai’a: British Museum Object in Focus. London: British Museum |
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Van Tilburg, Jo Anne. 1994. Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture. Washington, DC: Smithsonian. |
Special Thanks to
PAUL HORLEY
&
TOM
CHRISTOPHER
for assistance with this page.
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