Among stone giants : the life of Katherine Routledge and her remarkable expedition to Easter Island

1. Verfasser: Van Tilburg, JoAnne.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Scribner, 2003.
Umfang/Format: xvi, 351 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Routledge, Scoresby, > Mrs., > 1866-
Women archaeologists > Easter Island > Biography.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Easter Island.
Sculpture, Prehistoric > Easter Island.
Isla de Pascua > spa > Antiquities.
iDAI.gazetteer: Isla de Pascua
Online Zugang: Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Foreword
  • A note on spelling and pronunciation
  • Prologue
  • pt. 1]. Before Easter Island : setting sail
  • Ancestor worship : Southend, 1866
  • "a terrible blank," 1872
  • Waiting for change : Woodside, 1872
  • Escape : Oxford and South Africa
  • Scoresby : "a true British barbarian," 1904
  • British East Africa : love, sex, and empire, 1906
  • [pt. 2]. Easter Island
  • Mana, 1910
  • The Mana Expedition : sailors, scientists, and spies
  • Atlantic to the Pacific : an "archaeological fiasco"
  • Toward Easter Island : ecology and history at sea
  • "Easter Island at last!"
  • First impressions and plans
  • Orongo : the eleventh hour
  • Troubled waters
  • "Katarina" and the Prophetess Angata
  • Camp Hotu Iti : living faces
  • A Spy story
  • Legacy
  • [pt. 3]. After Eastern Island : adrift
  • Voyage home
  • The story of an expedition, 1916-20
  • Links, sidetracks, and dead ends, 1921-25
  • Spooks and voices
  • Cyprus, 1961
  • Epilogue
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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