Easter Island a wonder of the world always questioned by scientists and historians for years. The chilean island in the south west pacific, has geographical wonders. Known to the native people as the Rapi Nui, it was named Easter Island when a European traveler discover the island first time on Easter day. The people of the island mysteriously vanished, but not entirely there are still descendants that live in polynesia. The big question is how did the ancient people suddenly disappears, and also leaving the island also with reminisce of sudden disappearance. The 900 statues of the island are a present day popular attraction of people around the world, but little know its true history and mystery. The statues reveal the ancient history of
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It is the common belief that the people of Easter Island lived long ago. Recent work shows colonization occurred around 1200 A.D. and the production of heads lasted until the 17th century (Maziere, 1965). This is a long amount of time for a civilization to continue, which has caused the study of if there was more than one civilization to be building heads, with a gap in between. It is believed that the ancient people were killed off by environmental factors. The geographical location and agriculture is said to prove that this is what truly killed them off. It is accepted that some people of Polynesia are descendants of the ancient Rapa Nui, or people from Easter Island. These beliefs of many people seem logical, but have their …show more content…
How they were moved and made is always a topic of interest. The heads were moved on wooden rollers made from them time of when the ancient people lived. Wooden rollers would be the easiest to use considering how large the heads were, and how heavy they were because they were made out of stone. Although the heads show little signs of bumps and scratches from wooden rollers (Maziere, 1965), there are no other possible explanations. The movement of the heads on wooden rollers can show no sign of bumps and scratches just because the stone they used was so strong. Even though the trees on the Island are long gone there is still proof of their existence. A tree called makoi nau opata produced nuts now only found in caves of the island (Englert, 1970). The trees were their they just seemed to have left with the disappearance of civilization. The tree would have been very important to the island people showing that the decline of trees show decline of the people. “Detailed geochemical analyses shows islanders only carved the strongest and lightest stone on the island” (Cook & Abbott, 2017, p. 88). This shows that the people knew what they were doing when they used light stone to make transport easy on them. They also tried very hard to keep damage to a minimum by using very strong stone. A person of those times would have had to think long and hard about moving a up to 30 feet statue that weighs around 80 tons (Eckert, 2001 ). It
It is the common belief that the people of Easter Island lived long ago. Recent work shows colonization occurred around 1200 A.D. and the production of heads lasted until the 17th century (Maziere, 1965). This is a long amount of time for a civilization to continue, which has caused the study of if there was more than one civilization to be building heads, with a gap in between. It is believed that the ancient people were killed off by environmental factors. The geographical location and agriculture is said to prove that this is what truly killed them off. It is accepted that some people of Polynesia are descendants of the ancient Rapa Nui, or people from Easter Island. These beliefs of many people seem logical, but have their …show more content…
How they were moved and made is always a topic of interest. The heads were moved on wooden rollers made from them time of when the ancient people lived. Wooden rollers would be the easiest to use considering how large the heads were, and how heavy they were because they were made out of stone. Although the heads show little signs of bumps and scratches from wooden rollers (Maziere, 1965), there are no other possible explanations. The movement of the heads on wooden rollers can show no sign of bumps and scratches just because the stone they used was so strong. Even though the trees on the Island are long gone there is still proof of their existence. A tree called makoi nau opata produced nuts now only found in caves of the island (Englert, 1970). The trees were their they just seemed to have left with the disappearance of civilization. The tree would have been very important to the island people showing that the decline of trees show decline of the people. “Detailed geochemical analyses shows islanders only carved the strongest and lightest stone on the island” (Cook & Abbott, 2017, p. 88). This shows that the people knew what they were doing when they used light stone to make transport easy on them. They also tried very hard to keep damage to a minimum by using very strong stone. A person of those times would have had to think long and hard about moving a up to 30 feet statue that weighs around 80 tons (Eckert, 2001 ). It