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a reality: Norma Ackel, Joan Amico Ben Baldanza, Gail Bar­ will agree that it is worth it when you see the incredible color aff, Carolyn and Mark Blackburn, Avonne Bradshaw, Kathy photographs and read the text. It covers ju t about every a peet Cleghorn, Gillian & Alan Cheyney, Robert Chisnell, Tom Christo­ of the island, the people, and the cultural heritage. It is a "must' Br pher, Frances Connick, Sylvia Coogan, Odile and Pierre Cornu, for anyone who ha been to the island, something to put on your Mary and Hans Dahl, Nan Deal, Sue and Jim DeLong, Rene coffee table, look at often, and dream of your favorite place.... and Anthony Donaldson, Veronica DuFeu, Elaine and Don We will soon be carrying the book, Easter Island Studies, Le Dvorak, Far Horizons Archaeological Trips, Joseph Finney, An­ edited by Steven Roger Fischer. This book contains a wealth of dre Forquet, Jenny Gardham, Ann Gelnett, Sandra Gill, Fran information about the island by 35 authors, all pecialist in Greenman, Marjorie Greenhut, Renee Hamilton, Barbara and their respective fields. We are pleased to offer this to our read­ Marks Hinton, Tom Hoskinson, William Hughes, Edward ers for $50. Bu Keeler, Heinz Keller, Samuel Knapp, Albert Knight, Ingrid One of our member , Tom Christopher, ha graciously Kruezer, Vincent Lee, Curti Le eman, Calvin Malone, Bernard donated an original copy of Captain Benson's Own Story, pub­ Ca Mecke, Edward Mitchel, Donald & Wanda Moyer, Dougla Na­ lished in 1915 ( ee thi issue) and we are offering it for $100. son, Arleen Nelson, Gerald Newsom, Sandy Niel en Louise We thank Tom and hope one of you may be looking for this Co Noel, Ginny and James Parker, Monica Partridge, Tara Pfeifer, book for your own Easter Island collection. Ralph Riffenburgh, Judith Quan, Gail and David Rose, Kay and Are you aware that we have slightly damaged copies of Tom Sanger, Clifford Sayre, Robert Schultz, Margaret Searles, several of our publications? If you are on a budget, this i a ell Ivan Sellin, Mats Sexton, Yoshihiko Sinoto, Mark Sherman, chance to purchase those books you have always wanted, but at Joan Merkel Smith, Christopher Stevenson, Alvin Stockstead, a considerable discount. Give us a call or end an email and we Donna Thompson, Robert Thorson, Nelle Tobias, Herbert von will let you know what we have. If you been thinking of order­ Saher, Mojmir Vrtilek, Sylvia & Alen Wexler, Maren Wilbur, ing Speak Rapanui! Or Death ofa now is the time to do it Suzanne Williams, Warren Wright, Betty Wygant, XILINX, as we are running low on copie of both of these books. INC. The Journal i now being published twice a year and we Our support of the William Mulloy Library on the island ask you to bear with us while we work out the kink and .get continues. The Easter Island Foundation has recently sent into a set publication chedule. You can expect to see the next $30,000 to help refurbish the structure that houses the library. issue in late September. This very generous support has been made possible by donors We are happy to assist you with questions about the Foun­ Fin during the last 10 years. Donors of more than $5000 will have dation, our publications or your Rapa Nui Journal subscription their names inscribed on a bronze donor plaque that will be in­ Fie stalled at the library site later this year. All ElF donors will have 'Pub\i"ation~ their names inscribed in a Global Book of Donors, which will Ho be on display at the library. We need your continuing help for all of the above projects. Allen. Tricia. 2000. Mark of the Ancestors: 's Tradi­ We would like to provide more educational materials than we tion. Halla Hou! The Magazine ofHawaiian AirLines, 3(5):26-51. Ho are able to afford at this time. We have identified a number of Allen, Tricia. 2000. Tatau Taputapuatea: Expedition into Tradition. tudent who are deserving of a scholarship, but only one can be Illlemational Tattoo Jan-Feb pp 38-62. 'Archeologue, Archeologie Nouvelle. 2000-2001, No. 51 for awarded this year. We need more money to support cientific DecembrelJanvier. Paris. This issue contain L'lIe de Paques by Hu' re earch. We would like to help conserve the island' unique Paul G. Bahn; Promenade parmi les g6mts et les hommes-oiseaux archaeological treasures, but are unable to do so with the funds by Nicholas Cauwe and Dirk Huyge; Des arbres a l'lIe de Paques Gr on hand. entre Ie XIV et Ie XVII siecle de notre ere. by Catherine Orliac; Thank you for your generous support. Know that your La disparition de la foret. Quelques consequence, by Michel gifts will truly make a difference to the Rapanui people. Orliac; Le symboli me pascuan. Du colossal a I'imperceptible. by Sincerely, Francina Forment; and Henri Lavachery. Un esthete a I'lle de Kay Kenady Sanger Paques by Thomas Lavachery. President, Easter Island Foundation Bahn, Paul. 2000. Rapa ui, Land of the Giant. World Heritage. 0.18: 36-49. U ESCO Magazine Hu Bahn, Paul. 2001. Easter Island: It's Rise and Fall. Forest alld Civilisa­ tiolls. Yoshinori Yasuda. ed.:63-68. Lustre Press/Roli Books. ew The WHAT'S NEW AT THE ElF OFFICE Delhi. GREETINGS FROM BAYWOOD PARK, the home of the Easter Is­ Bellwood, P., D. Bowdery, J. Allen, E. Bacu and G. Summerhayes. land Foundation! We have survived our first winter in the new eds. 2000. Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Melaka Papers. Vol. 4. office without too much flooding and without a single rolling Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 20. This is the blackout. In case you mi ed the last issue, our office email i : fourth volume from the Proceedings of the 16'h Congress of the Lov [email protected] and our telephone i 805-528­ Indo-Pacific Prehistory A ociation meeting held in Melaka. Ma­ 8558. Please use PO Box 6774, Los Osos CA 93412 for corre­ laysia, in 1998. and contains sixteen papers. This volume focuse on the Indonesian area. Philippines, Malaysia, Borneo. and Tai­ Mc spondence. wan. with the exception of a paper by Atholl Anderson on obsid­ We still have a few copies of the new book by Jo e Miguel ian transfer in South Polynesia. and one on the East Fijian Island RamIrez and Carlos Huber, Rapa Nui: Island of Rocky Dreams. by Christophe Sand et al. For information about obtaining thi Ove We realize that it is an expensive book at $85 but we know you publication. contact Dr Peter Bellwood. Dept of Archaeology and

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Anthropology. Australian National University, Canberra ACT South Wales, Sydney. 0200, Australia. Email: [email protected] Pacific News Bulletin, 200\. Vol. 16(3), for March. 83 Amy Street, Brown, J. Macmillan. 1924 (2000). Riddle ofthe Pacific. Reprinted by Toorak, Suva, . Email: [email protected] Adventures Unlimited. Paperback, $16.95. Box 74, Kempton, IL The Pitcairn Miscellany. 2000. Vols. 43: 7-12. Pitcairn Island, South 60946. Pacific Ocean, via New Zealand. [ ote, a I-year subscription is Le Bulletin du Centre d'Etudes sur I'lle de Piiques et la Polynesie now US$IO.] (CEIPP). umber 41, February 200\. 28, boulevard Saint­ Rjabchikov, Sergei V., 2000. La trompelle du dieu Hiro. Journal de la Germain, 7500 Pari , France. This issue features kai kai re earch Societe des Oceanistes, II O( I): 115-6. by Lorella Pignet. Rongorongo Studies, Vol. 10(2), 2000. This issue contains 'The Culti­ Bulletin of the International String Figure Association, 2000. Vol. 7. vation of the Gourd: An Anonymous Maori Account" by Marga­ Box 5134, Pasadena, CA 91117. Email: [email protected] ret Orbell; and 'The Hawaiian Pepeke System", by Kenneth Wil­ Calder, A., J. Lamb and B. Orr, ed . 1999. Voyages and Beaches: Pa­ liam Cook. In titute of Polyne ian Languages and Literatures, PO cific Encounters, 1769-1840. University of Hawaii Press, Hono­ Box 6965, Wellesley Street, Auckland I, NZ. lulu. Ryan, Paddy. 2000. Fiji's Natural Heritage. Exisle Publishing Limited, Cordy, Ros . 2000. Exalted Sits the Chief" The Ancient History ofHa­ Auckland, NZ. ISBN 0-908988-14-\. Hard cover, full color, 285 lVai'i Island. Mutual Publishing, Honolulu. $19.95. [See review, pages, $30. This beautifUlly illu trated book can be ordered from: this issue] www.pacificislandbooks.com [review in our next issue] CullLlral Resource Management, Pacific Preservation, Vol. 24( I):2001. Steadman, David W., Susan C. Ant6n, and Patrick V. Kirch. 2000. Ana US Department of the Interior, ational Park Service. This is ue Manuku: A prehistoric ritualistic site on Mangaia, . has several papers of interest about , , the Antiquity 74(286):873-883. This report describes a ritual cave Marianas, and the , in reference to problems of with strong suggestions ofcannibalism. conservation. Authors include well-known Pacific scholars in­ Tok Blong Pasifik, June 2000. Vol. 54(2) cluding William Ayres, Felicia Beardsley, Scott Fitzpatrick, and Tuhiwai Smith, Linda. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research others. and Indigenous Peoples. Universiry ofOtago Press, Dunedin. Eben ten, Hanns. 200\. Trespassers on Easter Island: Explorers, USP Beat ews from the University of the South Pacific. 200\. Vol. 1 Whalers, Slavers, Adventurers, Missionaries, Scientists and Tour­ (2). Suva, Fiji. This is a new high tech newsletter from the USP. ists, from /722 to the Present Time. The Ketch and Yawi Press, Wyels, Joyce Gregory. 2oo\. Triumphant Clans of Easter Island. Key We t. $25 [See review this issue] Americas Magazine, Vol 53(1):6-13. (This article describes the Finney, Ben. 200\. Voyage to Polynesia's Land's End. Antiquity annual Tapati festival.) 75: I72-8 \. Young, Louise B. 2000. Islands. Portraits of Miniature Worlds. W.H. Flenley, John. 200\. Forest and Civilisation on Easter Island. Forest Freeman and Co., New York. $14.95. While we cannot vouch for and Civilisations. Yoshinori Yasuda, ed.:55-62. Lustre PressIRoli everything el e in this little book, the chapter on "Easter Island. A Books, ew Delhi. Paradigm for Man", is so loaded with misinformation that it is Hoek, Maarten van. 2000. Rapa Nui Cupules: Voices of a clear the author never set foot on the island. For example, " ...the Disintegrating Society? Rock Art Research, Vol. 17(2):99-110. fog that envelops it throughout most of the year. .... The author Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne. says the statue eyes were made of obsidian, is in error about the Horrocks, M., M. D. Jones, J. A. Carter, and D.G. Sutton. 2000. Pollen totora reeds, and brings up every old theory from Basques to the and phytoliths in stone mounds at Pouerua, orthland, New Zea­ yada-yada about the shortl1ong ears and the revolt, "triggered by land: Implications for the study of Polynesian farming. Antiquity having to clear all the volcanic bombs that lay strewn over the 74(286):863-872. island." The "terrible battle" is verified, she says, by charred re­ Hunt, Colin. 1998. Pacific Development Sustained: Policy for Pacific mains in the ditch; and, "Gnawed human bones heaped in the Environments. Asia Pacific Press, Canberra. caves of Easter Island bear witness to the grand scale of this prac­ Green, Roger C. and Marshall I. Weisler. 2000. Mangarevan Archae­ tice [cannibalism]." [no such things have ever been found]. Let the ology: Interpretations using new data and 40 year old excavations reader beware. to establish a sequence form 1200 10 1900 AD. University of Otago Studies in Prehistoric Anthropology, 19. Orders to: The ote: Secretary, Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, PO The Centre for South Pacific Studies Newsletter has suspended Box 56, Dunedin, NZ. Price, US $10 (includes postage). Personal publication, citing a lack of funding and the departure of the check payable to The University ofOtago. [See review, thi issue] director, Grant McCall, who is on abbatical. The Newsletter Huyge, Dirk. Island of the Egg Hunters. Discovering Archaeology. began in September 1987 and has provided information regard­ Scientific American, Inc. 2000. VoI.2(3):82-84, for July/August. ing the islands of the Pacific to some 3000 individuals and insti­ The Joumal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 110(4), December 2000. This issue contains article by Merata Kawharu: Kaitiakitanga: A tution around the world. Maori Anthropological Per pective of the Maori Socio­ Environmental Ethic of Resource Management; and Celia Ehrlich: CD-ROM Collection of Art from Micronesia, Inedible to Edible: Firewalking and the Ti Plant. , and Polynesia Love, Charles M. 2000. The Easter Island Mystery- ew Hints about This interactive CD-ROM pre ents more than 100 of the how Islanders Moved their Gigantic Statues. Scientific American Discovering Archaeology. Nov/Dec 2ooo:pg. 12. fine t examples of art from the Pacific region. Created by the McDaniel, Carl N. and John M. Gowdy. 2000. Paradise for Sale: Par­ Pacific Center for the Arts and Humanities at Pacific Resources able ofNature. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0­ for Education and Learning, this is a re ource for Pacific art. 520-22229-6. A study of auru and environmental issues. Aside from photographs of art, there are museum photos, video Overton, J. and R. Scheyvens, eds. 1999. Strategies for Sustainable egments and music. This CD will be reviewed in our next is­ Development: Experiences from the Pacific. University of New sue. Cost is $39. Contact: Pacific Resources for Education and

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