Comments on: Easter Island and Its Mysteries http://savageminds.org/2005/07/30/easter-island-and-its-mysteries/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Tue, 22 May 2012 17:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ann M. Altman http://savageminds.org/2005/07/30/easter-island-and-its-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Ann M. Altman Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:35:56 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=161#comment-1012 Not only does the translation include footnotes by the translator but it also includes copious notes by the Editor, Shawn McLaughlin, the erudite author of "The Complete Guide to Easter Island," which was published recently by the Easter Island Foundation (www.islandheritage.org). Shawn's notes bring Stéphen-Chauvet's text into the 21st century by correcting many of the author's misconceptions. The translated text provides an excellent introduction to the mindset of ethnographers in the mid 1930's. However, Shawn's notes are an essential antidote to much that is dated or just plain wrong in the original text. Not only does the translation include footnotes by the translator but it also includes copious notes by the Editor, Shawn McLaughlin, the erudite author of “The Complete Guide to Easter Island,” which was published recently by the Easter Island Foundation (www.islandheritage.org).
Shawn’s notes bring Stéphen-Chauvet’s text into the 21st century by correcting many of the author’s misconceptions. The translated text provides an excellent introduction to the mindset of ethnographers in the mid 1930′s. However, Shawn’s notes are an essential antidote to much that is dated or just plain wrong in the original text.

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