From Ethnographical Subjects to Archaeological Objects: Pierre Loti on Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
In 1872 French sailor Pierre Loti visited the desolate Pacific island of Rapa Nui. Descriptions in his diary and drawings were published and received great public interest. Here were all the ingredients to satisfy nineteenth century ideas of the exotic: remote, tropical, cannibal inhabited, strange...
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| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the History of Archaeology |
| Online Access: | http://www.archaeologybulletin.org/article/view/551 |