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

2009/10/13 by Andreas Mieth, Hans‐Rudolf Bork, Hans-Rudolf Bork · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Agroforestry #Archaeology #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Biology #Charcoal #Ecology #Geography #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Palm #Prehistory #Woodland

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.006

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Citations

• INTCAL98 Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 24,000–0 cal BP
• Late Colonization of Easter Island
• Late Quaternary pollen records from Easter Island
• Ancient DNA of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Cited by

• Nothing Lasts Forever: Environmental Discourses on the Collapse of Past Societies
• Easter Island [wikipedia]