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The latest methods of statistical analysis, computer imaging and robotics programmes are brought to bear upon the perplexing question of statue transport, and the author offers a logical model of how a near 14-ton statue could have been moved almost the entire length of the island.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49521644667153,"sku":"GOR004526521","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53352364081425,"sku":"GOR002587394","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0714125040.jpg?v=1750785103"},{"product_id":"among-stone-giants-book-jo-anne-van-tilburg-9780743244800","title":"Among Stone Giants","description":"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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49959294664977,"sku":"CIN074324480XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50250141499665,"sku":"GOR002990976","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53433293242641,"sku":"CIN074324480XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/074324480X.jpg?v=1751168947"},{"product_id":"among-stone-giants-book-jo-anne-van-tilburg-9780743244817","title":"Among Stone Giants","description":"\u003cb\u003eKatherine Routledge is a central figure in the history of Easter Island, one of the world's most remote and mysterious locales.\u003c\/b\u003e Born to a wealthy and prestigious English Quaker family in 1866, Katherine rebelled against their strict Victorian values, becoming one of the first female graduates of Oxford University and the first woman archaeologist to work in Polynesia. \u003cbr\u003e At the age of forty, Katherine married a charismatic Australian adventurer, William Scoresby Routledge, and they built a ninety-foot, state-of-the-art yacht, christening her \u003ci\u003eMana, \u003c\/i\u003e the Polynesian word for spiritual power. From 1913 to 1915, Katherine and Scoresby 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, which she faithfully transcribed into her journals and field notebooks. 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. \u003cbr\u003e Katherine's hard work came at a terrible price. A family history of schizophrenia and a deep sense of spiritualism brought her under the spell of an old mystic named Angata, who led an Easter Island rebellion in which Katherine played a central role. After her return to England, she heard voices that precipitated a separation from Scoresby and nearly destroyed her ability to write and to publish her fieldwork. Her family blamed Angata, the Easter Island witch doctor, for driving Katherine insane. With Scoresby, they kidnapped Katherine from her lavish London home and isolated her in an asylum, where she died seven years later. \u003cbr\u003e 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. 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