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Prehistoric agricultural production on Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
Antiquity • 73 (282) • Published In 1999 • Pages: 801-812
By: Stevenson, Christopher M. (Christopher Moore), Wozniak, Joan S., Haoa, Sonia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines pre-contact Rapa Nui agricultural practices based on three archaeological surveys. Eight types of fields and gardens are identified, with note of the technique of lithic mulching to hold moisture in the soil, necessary in the Pacific dry zone in which the island is located. The authors correlate the thirteenth century rise of elite-managed fields using lithic mulching with the appearance of large religious structures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Tillage
- Dwellings
- Grounds
- Settlement patterns
- Status, role, and prestige
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1200–1720
- 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
- Christopher M. Stevenson, Joan Wozniak & Sonia Haoa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 811-812)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29021740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Easter Island