3502 x 5290 px | 29,7 x 44,8 cm | 11,7 x 17,6 inches | 300dpi
Ubicazione:
Moai statue, Easter Island- Chile (South America)
Altre informazioni:
Moais of Ahu Akivi inland Ahu restored in 1960 Seven moai look to the sea towards the equinoxes of the sun and represent seven different tribes on the UNESCO World Heritage of Easter Island Chile. Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile. Easter Island is famous for its monumental statues, called moai (IPA: /ˈmoʊ.аɪ/), created by the Rapanui people. It is a world heritage site with much of the island protected within the Rapa Nui National Park. The history of Easter Island is rich and controversial. Its inhabitants have endured famines, epidemics, civil war, slave raids and colonialism, and the crash of their ecosystem; their population has declined precipitously more than once. They have left a cultural legacy that has brought them fame disproportionate to their population. Contemporary to the arrival of the first settlers of Hawaii, 300-400 CE was published as a date for initial settlement of Easter Island. Although some scholars argue for initial settlement of 700-800 CE, there is an on-going study by archaeologists Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo that states: “Radiocarbon dates for the earliest stratigraphic layers at Anakena, Easter Island, and analysis of previous radiocarbon dates imply that the island was colonized late, about 1200 CE. Significant ecological impacts and major cultural investments in monumental architecture and statuary thus began soon after initial settlement.”[9] Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku, a 15-Moai Ahu excavated and restored in the 1990s The island was populated by Polynesians who navigated in canoes or catamarans from the Marquises islands (3200 km, away) or Tuamotou islands (Mangareva, 2600 km away) or Pitcairn (2000 km, away). When Captain Cook visited the island, one of his crew member, who was a Polynesian from Bora Bora, was able to communicate with t
