Prehistoric and early historic agriculture at Maunga Orito, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile.

From: Antiquity | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

A long section adjacent to a former obsidian quarry on Easter Island (Papa Nui) reveals a sequence of agricultural strategies, beginning with the clearing of palm trees in the twelfth century AD, and the making of an open garden growing yams and taro, that continued through the fifteenth century. The later phases between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries include veneer and boulder gardens that reflect the broader strategy employed by the islanders to fight the increasingly arid soil.,

Keywords: Polynesia, Easter Island, agriculture, lithic mulch, erosion, deforestation

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