“The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no way they could get free. There was no other people from whom they could get help. In the same way that we on Planet Earth, if we ruin our own world, we won't be able to get help.”


Saturday, 31 December 2011

An Easy Guide to the Theories of Easter's Collapse

So now we have looked at all of proposed theories of collapse on Easter Island. I have created a table which summarises all of the causes of collapse, how they could have caused Easter’s collapse, the lines of archaeological and palaeological evidence that support each theory and the sources and articles I have used in my posts to investigate their impact on Easter Island….hopefully it will make things a little bit clearer for everyone.


So from looking at all these causes, what can today’s society learn from Easter Island? The next few posts will investigate some of the ways that our society today can look at the mystery of Easter Island and learn something from them, no matter whether they collapsed due to murder or suicide.
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