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Articles on Easter Island

November 29, 2018

Easter Island statues: international law is shifting against British Museum

Saskia Vermeylen, University of Strathclyde

The indigenous Rapa Nui say the statue is one of their most spiritually important.

December 13, 2017

Will de Freitas, The Conversation; Emily Lindsay Brown, The Conversation; Annabel Bligh, The Conversation, and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

We're pouring cold water on old ideas in this episode: from why the population of Easter Island really declined and what makes a good urban legend.

October 12, 2017

Cat Jarman, University of Bristol

Recent archaeological evidence shows the remote islanders didn’t commit ‘ecocide’ after all.

October 4, 2015

Callum Roberts, University of York

Everyone knows the big heads but island’s sea life is also spectacular – and unique.

Cat Jarman
Honourary Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
Callum Roberts
Professor of Marine Conservation, University of Exeter
Saskia Vermeylen
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow, Law, University of Strathclyde
Ornette D Clennon
Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
Duncan Sayer
Professor in Archaeology, University of Central Lancashire
Karl Bell
Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth