book chapter
The mystery of Easter Island: the story of an expedition
Printed for the author by Hazell, Watson and Viney, ld • London • Published In 1919 • Pages:
By: Routledge, Scoresby, Mrs., b. 1866.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source attempts to reconstruct the aboriginal culture of Easter Island from historical records supplemented by accounts from informants, with particular attention given to stone figures. An overview is given of the material culture, social life, and religious practices of Easter Islanders. Portions of the document omitted in eHRAF dealt with the trip to and from the Island.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Writing
- Mining and quarrying
- Masonry
- Visual arts
- Representative art
- Burial practices and funerals
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rapa Nui
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1914-1915
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200-1868
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Mrs. Scoresby Routledge ...
- Only pages 165-271 and the accompanying plates have been processed for the Easter Islanders file
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 20008041
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Easter Island