I had thought that they destroyed their own environment through
overharvesting and overhunting, ie the population was to large to live
sustainably. This is not a particualrly religious reason. I had also
gathered that the statues etc were an attempt to appease their gods in
the hope that the gods would get them out of the mess that they had got
themselves into. No Gods appeared to wave their magic wands. I've had
a quick look at some of the summaries of "Collapse" and that seems to be
what J Diamond says as well
Nigel
On 09/10/2012 14:36, Jed Rothwell wrote:
<fznidar...@aol.com> wrote:
The Easter Island society ran out of wood and could not fish. The society
died out.
They did not die out. They were still there a century or two later when
Europeans showed up. Granted, they were in dire straits. They destroyed
their own environment, apparently for religious reasons. See J. Diamond,
"Collapse."
- Jed
