# Mulrooney 2013: An island-wide assessment of the chronology of settlement and land use on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) based on radiocarbon data

> Mara A. Mulrooney, 2013. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The radiocarbon dataset and the first systematic test of the collapse narrative.

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# An island-wide assessment of the chronology of settlement and land use on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) based on radiocarbon data

Mara A. Mulrooney, 2013. _Journal of Archaeological Science_.

Compiles and screens the island's radiocarbon dates and finds land use continuing across the island through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with no island-wide abandonment before contact.

**Easter Island moai** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.020](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.020)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The radiocarbon dataset and the first systematic test of the collapse narrative.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Rapa Nui radiocarbon database (island-wide compilation)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CTG39CA4RBH/rapa-nui-radiocarbon-database-island-wide-compilation)

Dataset

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[Radiocarbon shows land use continuing across the island to contact.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/evidence/EVD0CTG340E3WX6/radiocarbon-shows-land-use-continuing-across-the-island-to)

Evidence

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[The Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Mulrooney, M. A. (2013). An island-wide assessment of the chronology of settlement and land use on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) based on radiocarbon data. Journal of Archaeological Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.020
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.06.020)

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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