Easter Island

The Mystery Of Easter Island One may wonder about the mystery of Easter Island, is it a myth just like mermaids and aliens. Well, the mystery of how the statues got there has been proven in so many ways. Although, the most efficient way is by walking the statues. First and foremost, the Rapanui people never had enough people to move the statues by rolling them. As the text says,”... Lipo and Hunt believe the Rapanui population reached no more than 3,000 people,” (pg.11, ¶1). Also, the text…

This paper is about the Chile and Easter Island.The Easter Island is right off the west coast of Chile.It is 2,700 km or 2,300 miles. This island is very isolated and inhabited with only 5,761 people living there(in 2012). The area of this island is 63.17 mi2. Easter Island’s capital is Hanga Roa. This island is famed for the wonderful archaeological sites with around 900 monumental statues. These statues were made between the 10th -16th century, They are called moai, having large heads and…

Easter Island was quite an experience of a new location for settlers and showed the inadequate use of resources that were accessible to the new inhabitants. It showed how desperate and inhumane people became at the extinction of valuable resources on this island. These new owners of land were quickly befallen at the expense of most of their lives and all of the natural resources. The main idea of internal collapse focuses on the issues that man has faced since the beginning of sharpening a…

Mythology behind Easter Island? There are many Myths and Legends that surround Easter Island. One of those Myths is the legend of Hotu Matua’s. In the legend, it tries to explain how Easter Island became settled. It states in the legend that the king Hotu Matua had a dream, in the dream his continent Hiva sinks. When he awoke he ordered seven of his explorers to go search for more land that would grow their staple food yams. The seven explorers arrived on a small uninhabited island several days…

The moai statues lie on an island in Chile, commonly known as Easter island or Rapu Nui to its earlier people. The island is 64 square miles, and located 2,500 miles from Tahiti and 2.300 miles from Chile. Each statue ranges from 12 to 14 feet tall, and weighs approximately a ton. Although no written history lies on the land, historians believe the statues represented important people such as ancestors, chiefs or worshipped deity’s. The people of the island were sea farers who most likely…

as well. Quality of life in that area decreases, causing people to maybe die of starvation or to have to move to a different environment. A good historical example of this is Easter Island. It is suspected that one of the main reasons the civilization that was on Easter Island vanished was because they used up all the islands trees too quickly which caused a chain…

The Rapa Nui people are the native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island. The Rapa Nui people make up about 60% of Easter Island’s population, with some living in mainland Chile. At the 2002 census, there were 3304 island inhabitants. Rapa Nui activists have been fighting for their right to self-determination and possession of the island. Despite the Rapa Nui people’s struggles with environment, land claims and treaties, they are still able to preserve their culture. The island’s environment…

compared to legitimate archeological evidence is rather interesting. Easter Island is often described as the most remote place on earth. It is an isolated volcanic island located in Polynesia whose native name is Rapa Nui. This island is a prime example of this type of archeological controversy. Alternative and mainstream archeological theories, that begin to explain both its first inhabitants and the giant stone figures located on the island, are widespread. The presence of nearly…

I believe the Rapanui walked the statues 11 miles across what is now known as Easter Island. The Rapanui are peoples who lived in the island. The only information we know from the Rapanui about the statues walked across the island. The first reason I believe the statues were rolled on wooden sledges is because that is so much easier for a human than to pull them with ropes. "In 1998, a group of scientists put the sledge-and-roller theory to the test, using a 10-ton replica of a statue and 70…

The Island of Rapa Nui, or known as Easter Island, is a small island located the south-easternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle, which is comprised of Hawai’I, Aukland Island and Rapa Nui (Hamilton,). Hamilton states that the island was initially inhabited Polynesians, who were sailing eastward. However, it is debated specifically where these Polynesians came from, and furthermore, it is disputed when Rapa Nui was colonized. Initially, through glottochronology, dated stratified finds and…