Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island (Lisa Drew Books)

Van Tilburg, Jo Anne

ISBN 10: 074324480X / ISBN 13: 9780743244800

Published by Scribner, New York, 2003

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351pp. Index. Wear boards, corners bumped, DJ: wear extremities.

Seller Inventory # 236281

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island (Lisa Drew Books)
• Publisher: Scribner, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074324480X
• ISBN 13: 9780743244800
• Binding: Hb
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: VG-
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG-

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Synopsis

Katherine Routledge is a central figure in the history of Easter Island, one of the world's most remote and mysterious locales. Born to a wealthy and prestigious English Quaker family in 1866, Katherine rebelled against Victorian values, becoming one of the first female graduates of Oxford University and the first woman archaeologist to work in Polynesia. From 1913 to 1915, Katherine and her husband, Australian adventurer William Scoresby Routledge, led the Mana Expedition to Easter Island, where Katherine conducted the first ever excavations of the island's world-famous stone statues. Katherine collected vast quantities of new information, and through interviews with dozens of elderly men and women, she was able to save the history of the island, whose population was struggling back from the brink of extinction. Without Katherine's extraordinary efforts, Easter Island's traditional beliefs and customs would have been forever lost. Many of Katherine's papers were thought to be lost until they were discovered by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the contemporary world's leading authority on the Easter Island statues. In this compelling biography, Dr. Van Tilburg brings her unique expertise to Katherine Routledge's discoveries and to her turbulent life. The result is an exciting personal story, set against the drama of Katherine's remarkable exploration of one of the most intriguing archaeological sites in the world.

About the Authors

Jo Anne Van Tilburg is currently a research associate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and is also director of the UCLA Rock Art Archive.

Jo Anne Van Tilburg, PhD, is an archaeologist with two decades of experience on Easter Island, where she directs the comprehensive and definitive Easter Island Statue Project. Currently a research associate of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, she is also director of the UCLA Rock Art Archive. She is a national lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America and a lecturer for the British Museum Traveller. She lives in Malibu, California.