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Book Bulletin

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  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 868 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Bulletin

Download or read book Technical Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Statues that Walked

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  • Author : Terry Hunt
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2011-06-21
  • ISBN : 1439154341
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book The Statues that Walked written by Terry Hunt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have built such monumental works? No such astonishing numbers of massive statues are found anywhere else in the Pacific. How could the islanders possibly have moved so many multi-ton monoliths from the quarry inland, where they were carved, to their posts along the coastline? And most intriguing and vexing of all, if the island once boasted a culture developed and sophisticated enough to have produced such marvelous edifices, what happened to that culture? Why was the island the Europeans encountered a sparsely populated wasteland? The prevailing accounts of the island’s history tell a story of self-inflicted devastation: a glaring case of eco-suicide. The island was dominated by a powerful chiefdom that promulgated a cult of statue making, exercising a ruthless hold on the island’s people and rapaciously destroying the environment, cutting down a lush palm forest that once blanketed the island in order to construct contraptions for moving more and more statues, which grew larger and larger. As the population swelled in order to sustain the statue cult, growing well beyond the island’s agricultural capacity, a vicious cycle of warfare broke out between opposing groups, and the culture ultimately suffered a dramatic collapse. When Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo began carrying out archaeological studies on the island in 2001, they fully expected to find evidence supporting these accounts. Instead, revelation after revelation uncovered a very different truth. In this lively and fascinating account of Hunt and Lipo’s definitive solution to the mystery of what really happened on the island, they introduce the striking series of archaeological discoveries they made, and the path-breaking findings of others, which led them to compelling new answers to the most perplexing questions about the history of the island. Far from irresponsible environmental destroyers, they show, the Easter Islanders were remarkably inventive environmental stewards, devising ingenious methods to enhance the island’s agricultural capacity. They did not devastate the palm forest, and the culture did not descend into brutal violence. Perhaps most surprising of all, the making and moving of their enormous statutes did not require a bloated population or tax their precious resources; their statue building was actually integral to their ability to achieve a delicate balance of sustainability. The Easter Islanders, it turns out, offer us an impressive record of masterful environmental management rich with lessons for confronting the daunting environmental challenges of our own time. Shattering the conventional wisdom, Hunt and Lipo’s ironclad case for a radically different understanding of the story of this most mysterious place is scientific discovery at its very best.

Book U S  Geological Survey Water supply Paper

Download or read book U S Geological Survey Water supply Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fishing Grounds Of The Gulf Of Maine

Download or read book Fishing Grounds Of The Gulf Of Maine written by Walter H. Rich and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine" by Walter H. Rich is an authoritative guide to the marine existence and fishing possibilities determined within this prolific area. Rich draws upon his vast expertise and enjoy as a marine biologist to offer readers with a comprehensive assessment of the Gulf's numerous ecosystems and the species that inhabit them. The book gives precise descriptions of various fishing grounds, inclusive of their geographical functions, seasonal versions, and the great strategies for catching specific sorts of fish and shellfish. Rich's insights into the behavior and habitat alternatives of key species inclusive of cod, haddock, lobster, and scallops make this book an invaluable useful resource for both leisure and business fishermen. Beyond serving as a realistic manual for anglers, "Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine" underscores the significance of conservation and sustainable control practices. Rich emphasizes the want for responsible stewardship to ensure the lengthy-term fitness and productivity of the area's fisheries. With its wealth of facts and Rich's accessible writing style, this book has come to be a definitive reference for all people interested in the marine existence and fishing possibilities of the Gulf of Maine.

Book Geohydrology Of  and Simulation of Ground water Flow In  the Milford Souhegan Glacial drift Aquifer  Milford  New Hampshire

Download or read book Geohydrology Of and Simulation of Ground water Flow In the Milford Souhegan Glacial drift Aquifer Milford New Hampshire written by Philip T. Harte and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the U S  Department of Agriculture

Download or read book Bulletin of the U S Department of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water resources Investigations Report

Download or read book Water resources Investigations Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eclipse   O Kelly

Download or read book Eclipse O Kelly written by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook and published by London : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1907 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Broomcorn Experiments at the United States Dry land Field Station  Woodward  Okla

Download or read book Broomcorn Experiments at the United States Dry land Field Station Woodward Okla written by John Beardsley Sieglinger and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pacific Rural Press

Download or read book The Pacific Rural Press written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U S  Geological Survey Professional Paper

Download or read book U S Geological Survey Professional Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book History of the British Turf  from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Download or read book History of the British Turf from the Earliest Times to the Present Day written by James Rice and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering Review

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  • Release : 1910
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  • Pages : 658 pages

Download or read book Engineering Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Influence of Climate and Grazing on Spring fall Sheep Range in Southern Idaho

Download or read book The Influence of Climate and Grazing on Spring fall Sheep Range in Southern Idaho written by George Washington Craddock and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: