It may be the most interesting and yet loneliest spot on earth: a volcanic rock surrounded by a million square miles of ocean, named for the day Dutch explorers discovered it, Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722. Here people created a complex society, sophisticated astronomy, exquisite wood sculpture, monumental stone architecture, roads, and a puzzling ideographic script. And then they went about sculpting amazing, giant human figures in stone.
This richly illustrated book of the history, culture, and art of Easter Island is the first to examine in detail the island's vernacular architecture, often overshadowed by its giant stone statues. It shows the conjecturally reconstructed prehistoric pole houses; the ahu, the sculptures' platform, as a spectacular expression of prehistoric megalithic architecture; and the Easter Island Statue Project's inventory of the colossal moai sculptures.
This publication is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

Easter Island's Silent Sentinels: The Sculpture and Architecture of Rapa Nui

Arts & Photography

Treister, Kenneth

Vargas Casanova, Patricia

Cristino, Claudio

History & Criticism

University of New Mexico Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Vargas Casanova, Patricia. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Vargas Casanova, Patricia

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Vargas Casanova, Patricia. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Easter Island's Silent Sentinels: The Sculpture and Architecture of Rapa Nui