Stones of contention

摘要

Many books about Easter Island are superficial fluff, ranging from breathless pop-archaeology all the way through to outlandish New Age claims of mystic energy fields and alien influence. There is no such flummery in Steven Fischer's new book. As befits the head of the Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures in Auckland, New Zealand, he has produced a scholarly and readable account of the island's turbulent history.