| Location: | Easter Island |
| Subject: | Easter Island |
| Length: | 51 minutes |
| Format: | 1/2-inch VHS; DVD; streaming |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 2002 |
| Series: | HistoryŐs Artifacts: Separating Fact from Fiction |
| Director: | Peter Steen |
| Producer: | Peter Steen |
| Distributor: | Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences and Films on Demand |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C DVD 1936 and streaming |
| Description: | When Dutch sailors landed on Easter Island, they found a warlike people recovering from anarchy and cannibalism. What had gone wrong with a civilization that had lived in peace for nearly a thousand years? In this program, Claudio Cristino, the islandŐs resident archaeologist; William Liller, of the Easter Island Foundation; Patricia Vargas Casanova, of the Easter Island Studies Institute at the University of Chile; and others offer their views on moai, rongorongo tablets, the Birdman Cult, and the devastating effects of overpopulation, to provide a captivating glimpse of a complex culture driven to the brink of extinction. Images of artifacts, 3-D computer graphics, and artwork enhance the program. |
| Record No: | 2862 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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