Books by Terry Hunt
Professor Terry Hunt focuses on human and environmental histories of the Pacific Islands. He is the co-author of The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island, with Carl Lipo, which details Rapa Nui’s archaeological history. The book won the Society for American Archaeology’s Book of the Year award in the public audience category in 2011.
The Statues That Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
by Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo
“We know that they were transported vertically; it fits all the evidence. What I would say about earlier experiments using logs, for example, or other methods that are not walking – most of them are horizontal transport – is that the archaeologists engaging in that completely overlooked or ignored the archaeological evidence on the statues. Aspects of their form, like the fact that they lean forward and have a low centre of gravity; the way that they’re found on the roads; the positions they’re found going uphill and downhill; the way that they’re broken; the way that some of them are buried…All of these things point to vertical transport, and if you are rolling them on logs, you’re ignoring all of that evidence.” Read more...
The best books on Easter Island
Terry Hunt, Historian
Interviews with Terry Hunt
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The Mystery of Easter Island
by Katherine Routledge -
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Ethnology of Easter Island
by Alfred Metraux -
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Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island
by William J. Thomson -
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The Survival of Easter Island: Dwindling Resources and Cultural Resilience
by Jan Boersema -
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Stanley’s Dream: The Medical Expedition to Easter Island
by Jacalyn Duffin
The best books on Easter Island, recommended by Terry Hunt
The best books on Easter Island, recommended by Terry Hunt
Remote and romanticised, Easter Island – or Rapa Nui – has often been misportrayed as a mysterious site of ecocidal ruin. Terry Hunt chooses five books that paint a truer picture of the island’s history, from the accounts of early voyages to the pressures of joining the modern world. The tale that emerges is one of ingenuity, resilience, and mighty ‘statues that walked’ – as well as a lot of rats.
Interviews where books by Terry Hunt were recommended
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1
The Mystery of Easter Island
by Katherine Routledge -
2
Ethnology of Easter Island
by Alfred Metraux -
3
Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island
by William J. Thomson -
4
The Survival of Easter Island: Dwindling Resources and Cultural Resilience
by Jan Boersema -
5
Stanley’s Dream: The Medical Expedition to Easter Island
by Jacalyn Duffin
The best books on Easter Island, recommended by Terry Hunt
The best books on Easter Island, recommended by Terry Hunt
Remote and romanticised, Easter Island – or Rapa Nui – has often been misportrayed as a mysterious site of ecocidal ruin. Terry Hunt chooses five books that paint a truer picture of the island’s history, from the accounts of early voyages to the pressures of joining the modern world. The tale that emerges is one of ingenuity, resilience, and mighty ‘statues that walked’ – as well as a lot of rats.
