Rapa Nui Journal May 2002 Vol. 16(1)

From the Editors
p. 4

Who owns the past? Rapanui points of view       
Paul Trachtman
pp. 5-9

The Ahu o Rongo project: Archaeological research on Rapa Nui
Dirk Huyge, Nicolas Cauwe, Francina Forment, Sonia Haoa
p. 11-16

Productive strategies in an uncertain environment: Prehistoric agriculture on Easter Island
Christopher M. Stevenson, Thegn Ladefoged, Sonia Haoa
pp. 17-22

Testing land evaluation methods for crop growth on two soils of the La Pérouse area (Easter Island, Chile)
Geertrui Louwagie, Roger Langohr
pp. 23-28

Impoverished freshwater fauna of Easter Island
Henri J. Dumont
pp. 29-30

Easter Island’s embellished stones
Georgia Lee
pp. 31-39

Teaching Gauguin: Pacific studies and post-impressionism
Heather Waldroup
pp. 41-49

A look back: The mystery of Easter Island. A “Fin de Siècle” message from the past – The Illustrated American, 1894
Frank H. Norton
pp. 50-52

Moai sightings
pp. 52-53

What’s New in the Pacific
pp. 53-56

What’s New in Hanga Roa
pp. 56-58

Review: On the margins of sustainability: Prehistoric settlement of Utrōk atoll, Northern Marshall Islands, by Marshall I. Weisler
Felicia R. Beardsley
pp. 58-59

Review: Easter Island, by Michael Kenna
Tom Christopher
p. 59

Review: El mundo submarino de Isla de Pascua / The underwater world of Easter Island, by Michel García
Georgia Lee
p. 60

Review: Volcanoes, el Niños, and the Bellybutton of the Universe, by D.A. Walker
Tom Christopher
p. 60

Review: Splendid isolation: Art of Easter Island – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Norman Hurst
pp. 60-62    
           
Letters to the Editor
p. 62

Easter Island Foundation News
p. 63

Conferences
p. 64       

Rapa Nui Journal October 2002 Vol. 16(2)

From the Editors
p. 66

Obituary: Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002)
Helene Martinsson-Wallin, Paul Wallin
pp. 67-68

The marae temple grounds in the Society Islands, French Polynesia: a structural study of spatial relations
Paul Wallin, Reidar Solsvik
pp. 70-73

Sea, land, and sky as structuring principles in Easter Island prehistory
Helene Martinsson-Wallin
pp. 74-76 

Recuperating the culture, or reinventing it? Rapanui points of view
Paul Trachtman
pp. 77-88

Prehistoric and recent land use effects on Poike peninsula, Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Andreas Mieth, Hans-Rudolf Bork, Ingo Feeser
pp. 89-95

Simultaneous settlement of Indo-Pacific extremes?
Ferren MacIntyre
pp. 96-104

A look back: the last cruise of the Carnegie
Paul J. Harland
pp. 105-112

Moai sightings
p. 113

What’s new in the Pacific
pp. 113-116

What’s New in Hanga Roa
pp. 116-118

Review: The South Pacific, by Ron Crocombe             
Frank Morin
pp. 118-119

Review: Splendid Isolation: Art of Easter Island, by Eric Kjellgren
Paul G. Bahn
p. 119

Review: Pacific 2000: Proceedings of the Fifth International conference on Easter Island and the Pacific, by Christopher M. Stevenson et al. (eds.)
Dave Tuggle
pp. 119-120

Review: Tourism, biodiversity and information, by F. di Castri and W. Balaji
Georgia Lee
p. 121

Review: L’expedition, by Pierrette Fleutiaux
Louis Noel
p. 122

Review: The prehistory of Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, Republic of Kirbati: excavations and analyses, by Atholl Anderson et al.
Georgia Lee
p. 122

Letters to the Editor
pp. 122-125

Easter Island Foundation News
pp. 126-127

Conferences
p. 128