Mia Campo’s Reviews > Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy, Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth > Status Update
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Personal note:
Author follows theory of (Moreno-Mayar and Sousa da Mota) that Polynesians reached South American continent, then set back out to sea and reached already settled Rapa Nui and other more easterly islands, thus accounting for presence of Native American DNA in some islands and sweet potatoes in Polynesia.
— Jul 17, 2026 01:10PM
Author follows theory of (Moreno-Mayar and Sousa da Mota) that Polynesians reached South American continent, then set back out to sea and reached already settled Rapa Nui and other more easterly islands, thus accounting for presence of Native American DNA in some islands and sweet potatoes in Polynesia.
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Mia Campo
is on page 163 of 368
Polynesian voyages of discovery are fascinating to contemplate!
— Jul 17, 2026 01:18PM
Mia Campo
is on page 159 of 368
Personal notes:
Sweet potato's presence, traced via linguistics, in Polynesia (sweet potato comes from Americas; linguistics say not a million years kind of migration)
Genome usage demonstrates Polynesian and American contact and intermingling, combined with archaeological evidence shows this occurred after Rapa Nui discovered and settled by Polynesians
— Jul 17, 2026 01:02PM
Sweet potato's presence, traced via linguistics, in Polynesia (sweet potato comes from Americas; linguistics say not a million years kind of migration)
Genome usage demonstrates Polynesian and American contact and intermingling, combined with archaeological evidence shows this occurred after Rapa Nui discovered and settled by Polynesians
Mia Campo
is on page 152 of 368
Section 2 was a drag. Finally getting to some real info and analysis now
— Jul 17, 2026 09:22AM
Mia Campo
is on page 87 of 368
Opening devastation lol. Map, amazing. First sentence, great. Preface... Goes out of its way to belittle the work of Graham Hancock 😭 it's ok if you as an academic disagree but that's usually a sign of close mindedness in archaeologists 😔✊
— Jul 16, 2026 12:57PM