![]() ![]() His excavations proved that there were 3 separate epochs in the History of Easter Island, which the archaeologists have named Early, Middle and Late Periods. ![]() Quoting from the text of the lecture on the Statues, he says, "at some unidentified date prior to AD 380, the first settlers landed on Easter Island, and found a verdant island covered by trees, shrubs, and palms." He proved this to be true from the extensive pollen samples taken from the crater lakes with the aid of 26 feet long cores from the sediments. ![]() His lectures can be read in his book, Sea Routes to Polynesia. In 1962 he gave a series of lectures to the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography in Stockholm. The famous Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl led the first archaeological expedition to Easter Island in 1955-56. ![]()
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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-for example, electronic, photocopy, recording-without the prior written permission of the publisher. Summer of Dreams: A From This Moment Novellaīethany House Publishers is a division ofīaker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, MichiganĪll rights reserved. Toward the Sunrise: An Until the Dawn Novella ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the four women settle in, they are forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. Thus begins an unscripted chapter of their lives, as a bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends, men. 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