Project updates and links to related information
Upcoming Events
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology 40th Anniversary
May 4, 2013 1-4 pm
Open House
Laboratories and Archives open to the public and Professor Colin Renfrew discussing “Before religion: excavating the oldest maritime sanctuary in the world.”
Interviewed in Aftenposten
See Dr. Van Tilburg discuss Thor Heyerdahl here.
Featured in Archaeology
Read AIA President Elizabeth Bartman’s letter in the most recent issue of Archaeology here.
Featured in Daily Bruin
Read about Dr. Van Tilburg and EISP in UCLA’s Daily Bruin here.
Featured on msnbc.com
Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg was interviewed for a segment on the project’s recent discoveries. Watch the full video here.
Featured on TV Globo
Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg helps the Detetive Virtual spread the truth about the statue’s bodies. Watch the full video here.
Featured in UCLA Today
EISP’s Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg was interviewed for an article on the project’s excavation in UCLA Today. Read the full article here.
Featured in The Explorers Club
The EISP team proudly carried The Explorers Club Flag #50 to the field in July 2011. Read the full report here.
Featured in Revista de Arqueología
The EISP Conservation Initiative and excavation of two statues in Rano Raraku is featured in the cover story of Revista de Arqueología, No 368. Read the full text at Revista de Arqueología.
Featured in Américas Magazine
The conservation efforts surrounding the world famous monuments of Easter Island are featured in the Américas, Nov/Dec 2011 issue. Read the full text at Saving the Moai by Chris Hardman (pdf).
Featured in Smithsonian magazine
The more we learn about the remote island from archaeologists and researchers, the more intriguing it becomes
By Paul Trachtman
Smithsonian magazine, March 2002
Feature in Archaeology Magazine
The laser scanning of Hoa Hakananai’a is featured in the cover story of Archaeology, May/June 2009 issue. Read the full text on the magazine website.
Easter Island: Archaeology, Ecology, and Culture
by Jo Anne Van Tilburg
Foreword by John Mack
Hardcover, 232 pages
30 color and 124 B&W illustrations
Smithsonian Press (October 1995)
Order a signed copy from EISP: $80
Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island
Jo Anne Van Tilburg
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Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places
Volume II: Illustrated Examples
Edited by Rand Eppich and Amel Chabbi
Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2007.
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