CLAFS, a Holistic Climatic-Ecological-Anthropogenic Hypothesis on Easter Island's Deforestation and Cultural Change: Proposals and Testing Prospects

CLAFS, a Holistic Climatic-Ecological-Anthropogenic Hypothesis on Easter Island's Deforestation and Cultural Change: Proposals and Testing Prospects

This paper reviews the existing hypotheses concerning the cultural shift from the Ancient Cult (AC) to the Birdman Cult (BC) that occurred on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) during the last millennium and introduces a holistic new hypothesis called CLAFS (Climate-Landscape-Anthropogenic Feedbacks and Syner...

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Main Authors: Valentí Rull, Encarni Montoya, Irantzu Seco, Núria Cañellas-Boltà, Santiago Giralt, Olga Margalef, Sergi Pla-Rabes, William D'Andrea, Raymond Bradley, Alberto Sáez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Easter Island
Rapa Nui
radiocarbon dating
age-depth model
last millennium
deforestation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00032/full

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