Human settlement of Easter Island - A competing hypothesis

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-116

  Cole, Anthony ^a   Flenley, John ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complex system; Equilibrium; Far from equilibrium; Human civilisation; Population collapse; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTER ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 42149105588     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691007000072     Document Type: Article

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