Below is a small selection of print resources (books and magazine articles) that include information about Easter Island. You can locate these using the shelf Call No indicated. You will also find more resources by searching the Library Catalogue using your keyword. 

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996.18 RAU
Raum, E. (2015). Statues of Easter Island. Amicus High Interest.

996.18 WAX
Waxman, L. H. (2018). Mysteries of Easter Island. Lerner Publications.

996.18 ARN
Arnold, C. (2000). Easter Island: giant statues tell of a rich and tragic past. Clarion

996.18 CAP
Capek, M. (2009). Easter Island. Twenty-first Century Books.

930.1 MAR
The Marshall travel atlas of mysterious places: a guide to the world’s most awe-inspiring riddles. (1997). Marshall Cavendish.

930.1 POL
Pollard, J. (2007). The story of archaeology in 50 great discoveries. Quercus.

907.2 ARO
Aron, P. (2000). Unsolved mysteries of history : an eye-opening investigation into the most baffling events of all time. John Wiley & Sons Australia.

Walker, K., & Innes, B. (2010). Mysteries of the Ancients. Crabtree Publishing.

Waxman, L. H. (2018). Mysteries of Easter Island. Lerner Publications.

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Chapter from Book

Price, B. (2016). What happened to the Easter Island statues?. The greatest mysteries…ever. Quid Publishing.

eBook
Arnold, C. (2000). Easter Island: giant statues tell of a rich and tragic past. Clarion books.

eBook
Genzmer, H., & Hellenbrand, U. (2010). Mysteries of the world: unexplained wonders and mysterious phenomena. Parragon.

eBook
Reis, R.A. (2011). Easter Island. Chelsea House.

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eBook
Fagan, B. M. (Ed. ). (2001). The seventy great mysteries of the ancient world: unlocking the secrets of past civilizations. Thames & Hudson.

Use the contents to find the chapter on Otzi the Iceman.

Use your keywords to search the following eResources. These resources also have a text to speech function.

Below is a small selection of relevant articles that you will be able to locate:

Britannica School
Search Britannica School with your search terms and choose your reading level.

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Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre

McCollom, S. (2013). Mystery of the giant stones. National Geographic Kids, (432), 22-23.

Moai statues of Easter Island. (1999). Wonders of the world, 26.

Bloch, H. (2012). If they could only talk. National Geographic, 222(1), 30-49.

Search the catalogue for appropriate websites or use the websites listed below. If you search the Internet on your own, you will need to critically evaluate the website. We suggest using the SIFT and/or CRAAP method.

Moai statues. (n.d.). Easter Island travel. https://www.easterisland.travel/easter-island-facts-and-info/moai-statues/

Easter Island facts for kids. (2022, December 21). Science kids. https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/easterisland.html

Dapcevich, M. (2019, December 17). New Theory Proposed For Why Rapa Nui’s Mysterious Moai Statues Were Built. IFL Science. https://www.iflscience.com/new-theory-proposed-for-why-rapa-nuis-mysterious-moai-statues-were-built-54474

Easter Island Moai. (n.d.). https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/the-pacific/a/easter-island-moai

Jarmun, C. (2017, October 13). The truth about Easter Island: a sustainable society has been falsely blamed for its own demise. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-easter-island-a-sustainable-society-has-been-falsely-blamed-for-its-own-demise-85563

Jarus, O. (2012). Easter Island (Rapa Nui) & Moai statues. https://www.livescience.com/24021-easter-island-rapa-nui.html

Mitchell, J. (2018). What really happened to the people of Easter Island?. https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2018/02/06/what-really-happened-people-easter-island

Rogers, J. (2018, June 5). Easter Island mystery solved: how huge stone ‘hats’ were placed on famous ancient statues. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/science/easter-island-mystery-solved-how-huge-stone-hats-were-placed-on-famous-ancient-statues

Secrets of Easter Island: stone giants. (2000). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/giants.html

David, N. (2019, January 11). Easter island statues: mystery behind their location revealed. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/10/mystery-of-location-of-easter-island-statues-revealed

Newitz, A. (2016). New evidence: Easter Island civilization was not destroyed by war. https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/02/new-evidence-easter-island-civilization-was-not-destroyed-by-war/