Easter Island from mythology to archeology 3101-DKWI

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) - is located in the South Pacific. Located at a distance of 2078 km from the nearest inhabited islands - Pitcairn and 3600 km from the coast of Chile (to which it belongs), is the most distant from the islands and lands inhabited island in the world. This mysterious place far associated mainly with stone statues called Moai. It knows almost everyone.
The purpose of this course is to present and close knowledge of Easter Island and its ancient inhabitants. Analyze the problems associated with achieving the ruins of a closed ecosystem. That would take extensive pilgrimage through the world of myths, of which traces may be found in archaeological material. The island is known and registered over 30 thousand different of archaeological objects. From the remains of various buildings and structures, ceremonial units, stone figures, moai, the petroglyphs and other small objects on the reconstructed caves. On the basis of archaeological and historical data will be converted and analyzed the problems associated with ecological and social change on the island at various stages of its history.

Type of course

elective courses

Prerequisites (description)

(in Polish) - Zapoznanie się z problematyką analizy przestrzeni i krajobrazu dla kultur polinezyjskich na przykładzie Wyspy Wielkanocnej. Poznanie najnowszych wyników badań i trendów w badaniach Polinezji przez pryzmat Wyspy Wielkanocnej . - Pokazanie możliwości poznawania historii i mitologii Rapa Nui poprzez wykorzystywanie wyników badań w oparciu o narzędzia: archeologiczne, antropologiczne, etnograficzne, etnohistoryczne, badania zmian środowiskowych i inne wykorzystywane przy komplementarnych badaniach Wyspy

Learning outcomes

Assessment criteria

The basis for its classification of the course is participation in classes, and pass the final colloquium in writing or orally.

Bibliography

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LAS CUEVAS DE LA ISLA DE PASCUA EL MUNDO SUBTERRÁNEO DE RAPA NUI wyd. Kraków
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1995 - Aku-Aku.
4. Heyerdahl, Thor, and Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr., editors
1962 - Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, vol. 1 Archaeology of Easter Island. Monograph of the School of American Research and the Museum of New Mexico, no. 24, part 1, Allen and Unwin, London
5. Heyerdahl, Thor, and Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr., editors
1965 - Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific, vol. 2 Miscellaneous Papers. Monograph of the School of American Research and the Kon-Tiki Museum, no. 24, part 2
6. Vargas, Patricia; Izaurieta, Roberto; Cristino, Claudio;
2006 - 1000 Años En Rapa Nui Arqueología Del Asentamiento. wyd Universitaria Chile