The eighth land
Subtitle: the Polynesian discovery and settlement of Easter Island
By: Thomas S. Barthel ; translated for the German by Anneliese Martin.
Publisher: University Press of Hawaii
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Hotu Matú'a, Easter Island Chief.; Polynesians in Easter Island -- History.; Easter Island -- History.; Easter Island -- Kings and rulers.
Description: Analysis based principally on "Manuscript E", written by Easter Islanders in the early 20th century and made public in 1955. Refutes Heyerdahl's contention that aboriginals from the Americas settled Easter Island, asserting instead discovery and settlement by central Polynesians. Reliance on ethnoscientific data on place names, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, calendrical divisions, etc. Includes the complete Rapanui (Polynesian) text of Manuscript E.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [357]-362.
Translation of Das achte Land.
Includes index.