Language and Literature : Easter Island

This pathfinder contains basic information about the language and literature found on Easter Island (Chile). The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Easter Island (Chile) is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to Easter Island is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/chile/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for legal, political, and general information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/chile.html).

DECIPHERING THE EASTER ISLAND TABLETS  (http://www.equinox-project.com/easter02.htm)
Research archive of The Equinox Project. Digitezed document related with the writings found on the stones of Easter Island and clues to understand them.

EASTER ISLAND :GLOSSARY OF TERMS  (http://www.islandheritage.org/vg/vg22.html)
This page is an attemp to provide you with a Glossary of terms used in the Easter Island and what they mean.

RONGORONGO:HIEROGLYPHS OF EASTER ISLAND  (http://www.rongorongo.org/)
This page features information on the hieroglyphs found on Easter Island providing you with photographs on them.

TWO SYSTEMS OF THE SYMBOLIC WRITING  (http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/%7Eushanas/)
Two Systems of Symbolic Writing - The Indus Script and the Rongorongo Script of Easter Island by Egbert Richter-Ushanas. In this article you will find: The interpretation of the Indus script in relation to the R g- and Atharva-Veda, the historical setting of the Indus script, the testimony of a bilingual Unity in diversity, the great seer Agastya, the scorpion as an attribute of the goddess of wisdom, the standard as an image.