A New Study Concludes That There Might Not Have Been A Spectacular Collapse Of Society On Easter Island
Easter Island, which lies 2,300 miles away from Chile, is known by people around the world as a sacred place that has large, carved stone heads protruding out of the ground. Its history is very complex, but new research now shows that the collapse of its society might not have been as spectacular or large as has been previously thought.
Laure Dussubieux, a scientist from Field Museum, explained that the new study on Easter Island has revealed that residents cooperated with one another in a large-scale manner that wasn’t expected, as Popular Archaeology has reported.
“For a long time, people wondered about the culture behind these very important statues. This study shows how people were interacting, it’s helping to revise the theory.”
