The 'walking' megalithic statues (moai) of Easter Island

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2859-2866

  Lipo, Carl P ^a   Hunt, Terry L ^b   Haoa, Sergio Rapu ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Hanga Roa   (Chile)

Author keywords

Easter Island; Eastern Polynesia; Megaliths; Moai; Pacific prehistory; Rapa Nui

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DEFORESTATION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PREHISTORIC;

EASTER ISLAND; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84876716542     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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