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Period: 300 to 700 BCE
Polynesians settle on Rapa Nui using large canoes
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1000
Construction of Ahu and Moai begins
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Period: 1550 to
Highest population levels
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Jacob Roggeveen discovers Rapa Nui
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James Cook visits Rapa Nui
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Easter Island made a Chilean National Park
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Peruvian Slave Raids
Peruvian slavers raided the island and kidnapped about 1,000 men to work in guano mines off the Peruvian coast. -
Birdman competition ceases to exist
Possibly because of the decline of resources, people turned against each other and were therefore unable to continue tradition.