Easter Island Timeline ; Easter Island Timeline By Carolyn Lovvoll

The island itself was a desolate wilderness of scorched grasses and scrub brush.

Eastern time zones usa. W hen dutch explorer jacob roggeveen landed on easter island in 1722 he found the inhabitants subsisting on sea snails and rats. Ahus at vinapu and tahai constructed. When altars were built the builders were used in some cases remains of ancient statues as construction material.

The ensuing cultural legacy has brought the island notoriety out of proportion to the number of its. When they needed to fish they paddled leaky patched canoes mere yards offshore. Only some locations are currently on est because most places in this time zone are currently on summer time daylight saving time and are observing edt.

This is not the current local time in most locations in that time zone. Originally explorers had thought that they were descendants of native south americans but later dna tests showed that they indeed had come from polynesian ancestry. Rapa nui easter island settled.

By the start of april 5 confirmed cases had been reported. Admiral jacob roggeveen dutch 1770. We analyzed rapanui human remains dating to before and after european contact.

The early period 700 850 ad the middle period 1050 1680 and the late period post 1680. The archaeological heritage consists of some 300 stone altars the ahu and about 600 stone statues the moais. Its inhabitants the rapa nui have endured famines epidemics of disease and cannibalism civil war environmental collapse slave raids various colonial contacts and have seen their population crash on more than one occasion.

The original inhabitants of easter island originate from polynesia. I have been involved in a new study however led by paleogeneticist lars fehren schmitz which questions this timeline. The first colonists arrived as late as 1200 ad lie.

On 24 march the first case in easter island was confirmed followed by a second one in the following days. On 19 march the local government of easter island ordered a lockdown of the island and requested latam airlines to evacuate all tourists on the island. Easter island is famous for megalithic remains.

Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth easter island located in the mid pacific ocean was for most of its history one of the most isolated. Timeline 2013 tourism levels of about 70000 people visit annually cited in hamilton 1960s first commercial airplanes land on the island hamilton 1853 easter island made a chilean national park hamilton 1903 1953 entire island used extensively to raise sheep people moved into the only town. Natural resources failing birdman cult failing and cannibalism starts.

Archaeological excavations of easter island reveal three distinct cultural phases.