Cranial and postcranial skeletal remains from Easter Island / by Ruppert Ivan Murrill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murrill, Rupert Ivan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Craniology--Easter Island.

Craniology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1968]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An archaeological expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific was organized and financed by Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist of Kon-Tiki fame, in 1955-1956. Although Professor Murrill was not a member of the expedition, he was asked to st

Contents:

CONTENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. METRICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE CRANIA; III. METRICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE POSTCRANIA; IV. THE ESTIMATION OF STATURE; V. PATHOLOGY; VI. CLIMATE, WATER, SOIL, AND DIET; VII. CRANIAL AND POSTCRANIAL COMPARISONS WITH OTHER STUDIES; VIII. FORMER THEORIES AND A LEGEND; IX. THE VALIDITY OF HEYERDAHL'S THEORY OF THE POPULATING OF POLYNESIA; X. ABO BLOOD GROUP GENE FREQUENCIES; XI. POLYNESIAN MIGRATIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EASTER ISLAND; APPENDICES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5834-X

OCLC:

476161721