The period from 900 AD until 1700 AD at Easter Island is an example of Overshoot and Collapse System Archetype. Around 900 AD, the island had a small population which grew over time alongside rampant consumption of island’s natural resources. Natural resources depleted to such an extent that it could not sustain the high population resulting in a population crash amid wide spread starvation. Main events that occurred during this period are provided in the book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond.