Easter Island Mystery
Prior to 1862, Easter Islanders subsisted mainly on cultivated crops , with sweet potatoes being the most important. Taro, yams, sugarcane, bananas, gourds,
Easter Island
DNA sequence analysis of Easter Island's current inhabitants indicates that the 36 With the island's ecosystem fading, destruction of crops quickly
Booming Middle-Class Diet May Stress Asia's Water Needs
3 Jun 2004 The majority of native Polynesian crops were unable to grow due to the relatively temperate Easter Island climate.
Easter Island --An Island of Mysteries
13 Jun 2010 What a delightful coincidence: Easter Island residents not only got to .... had the boon that he couldn't be defeated by any current god or
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Parker suggested that our current human population is already These civilizations were the Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island , the Anasazi Gradually though, the scarcity of wood and eventual destruction of the land for crop
The Mystery of Easter Island | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
Sophora toromiro. Current Conservation Status One of the extinct flowering plants of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is the Toromiro Tree, .... on the island for the propagation of threatened plants (including indigenous crop cultivars);
easter - island -head- crop .jpg picture by sebastien27_photos
1 Apr 2007 However they got to Easter Island , the rodents found an unlimited food .... others have described crop intensification at about the same time. collapse of Easter, however ongoing scientific investigation and current
Native America - the First Melting Pot, page 1
30 Nov 2010 The mountain chain formed by the Easter Island hot spot goes east Current scientific analysis says that modern crops like potatoes were
Plants and animals
Other cultivated plants described by first European visitors, such as the sweet potato, the main crop on Easter Island from ancient times, add to the near
Jones | Easter Island : What to Learn from the Puzzles?
DNA sequence analysis of Easter Island's current inhabitants indicates that
Easter Island Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com
The current population of Easter Island , numbering about 2000, Food crops provide a living for many of the inhabitants; this is called "subsistence
Eastern Polynesia
In fact, Easter Island is so remote that with the curvature of the Earth, .... Apart from the crops grown on the island, everything is shipped over from the
Economy - Easter Island
The Current Hobby Horse: Easter Islanders Destroy Their Environment if there is a Civil War with farmers killed and crops /harvests destroyed or several
BBC - h2g2 - Easter Island History
by ES Sites - Related articlesThe island received its most well known current name, Easter Island , from the Dutch .... and with declining crop yields because of the erosion of good soil,
Easter Island , Moai, Rongorongo - Crystalinks
10 Feb 2011 Brazil crop unlikely to pull down sugar prices Sugar prices are unlikely to fall in the second quarter from current levels near three-decade highs, .... Chile, islanders of Easter Island request assistance from U.N.