%0 Book Section
%A Molle, Guillaume
%A Hermann, Aymeric
%+ Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Max Planck Society
%T Pitcairn before the mutineers: Revisiting the isolation of a Polynesian Island : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-92C3-7
%F OTHER: shh1100
%D 2018
%X The myth of Pitcairn, building on the destiny of the Bounty mutineers,<br>focuses on the recent history of this island as the epitome of marginality<br>and isolation. Human occupation of the island, however, occurred long<br>before the Bounty settlement, and Pitcairn provides a fascinating example of<br>Polynesian sustainability that is little known to the general public. Located at<br>the eastern fringe of Central Eastern Polynesia, the Pitcairn group includes<br>the volcanic island of Pitcairn (4.5 square kilometres), the elevated limestone<br>island of Henderson (37.2 square kilometres) and the two small atolls of<br>Oeno and Ducie (Figure 2.1). Situated approximately 400 kilometres east<br>of the Gambier Islands and 1,700 kilometres west of Rapa Nui/Easter<br>Island, this island group is one of the world’s most geographically isolated. 
%B The Bounty from the beach: Cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary essays
%E Largeaud-Ortega, Sylvie
%P 67 - 94
%I ANU Press
%C Canberra
%@ 9781760462444 9781760462451