Humans, climate or introduced rats - which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island)?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 417-426

  Mieth, Andreas ^a   Bork, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Easter Island; Ecocide; Environmental history; Jubaea chilensis; Pacific islands; Palms; Rapa Nui; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; PREHISTORIC; RODENT; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WOODLAND;

EASTER ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

JUBAEA; JUBAEA CHILENSIS; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 70449656824     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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