Rapa Nui Timeline

The Polynesians settled in Rapa Nui

800 BCE

Austronesian Polynesians arrived on Rapa Nui.
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eais/hd_eais.htm#:~:text=Between%20600%20and%20800%20A.D.,island%20on%20Easter%20Sunday%2C%201722.

Genetic Evidence of contact with South America is found

Period: 1280 to 1495

Evidence of Polynesians having contact was found.
(https://www.thoughtco.com/chronology-of-easter-island-170746)

Polynesians started using more land for growing plants

Period: 1300 to 1650

They slowly started needing more land for their gardens and plants (horticulture). Source: (https://www.thoughtco.com/chronology-of-easter-island-170746)

Moai are carved on Rapa Nui

Period: 1400 to 1600

The Moai were started to be carved and erected
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/giants.html#:~:text=The%20moai%20and%20ceremonial%20sites,between%20AD%201400%20and%201600.

Deforestation from building Moai

1700

There were almost no trees left and the ecostystem was in decline

Jakob Roggeveen arrives on Easter Island (a dutch captain)

1722

Upon arrival he brings diseases with him.