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Easter Isle mystery revealed
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090907/wl_uk_afp/britainchilescienceresearch_20090907174143

Giant statues reveal red hat secrets: study

Mon Sep 7, 1:41 pm ET

LONDON (AFP) – British archaeologists said Monday they believe they have solved the ancient mystery of how the giant stone statues on Easter Island acquired distinctive red hats.

The researchers said the key to the mystery lies in their discovery of a road on the tiny Pacific island.

The hats were built in a quarry hidden inside the crater of an ancient volcano, and then rolled by hand or on tree logs to the site of the statues, said the team from the University of Manchester and University College, London.

The archaeologists examined the way the hats, each weighing several tons and made of red scoria, a pumice-like volcanic rock, were moved by Polynesians between 500 and 750 years ago.

They were placed on the heads of carved stone human figures known as moai standing on ceremonial platforms which encircle the island's coastline.

But the riddle of how they were raised and attached remains unsolved.

Dr. Colin Richards from the University of Manchester said: "We now know that the hats were rolled along the road made from a cement of compressed red scoria dust with a raised pavement along one side.

"It is likely that they were moved by hand, but tree logs could also have been used."

Dr. Sue Hamilton, of University College, London, said: "The hat quarry is inside the crater of an ancient volcano and on its outer lip. A third of the crater has been quarried away by hat production.

"So far we have located more than 70 hats at the ceremonial platforms and in transit. Many more may have been broken up and incorporated into the platforms."

Richards said there was evidence the quarry, known locally as Puna Pau, had previously produced statues before changing to hats.

"Initially the Polynesians built the moai out of various types of local stone, including the Puna Pau scoria, but between 12,000 to 13,000 AD, Puna Pau switched from producing statues to hats.

"The change correlated with an increase in the overall size of the statues across the island."


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: UnholyChild666]
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i thought that was known alrdy


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: Coaster]
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:shrug: I don't know lets I just logged on to my homepage and saw that thought it was interesting.


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: Coaster]
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well looking through google all the dates on the articles are new


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: UnholyChild666]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed

Give it a read. It's good :thumbup:

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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: koraks]
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got copy you wanna sell?


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: UnholyChild666]
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Nope, I'd rather hang on to mine :wink:

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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: koraks]
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it's cool, I can find it used online I'm sure


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: UnholyChild666]
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Yeah, definitely. The chapter on Easter island provides some insight into the current theories regarding the moai and their role in the island's demise.

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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: koraks]
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What about the Sumerians in Mesopotamia any insight in to that?


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: Coaster]
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that video was interesting but the way that dude bobbed back and forth when he talked was irritating


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Re: Easter Isle mystery revealed [Re: koraks]
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Jared Diamond writes like an asshole, but he's pretty good.

I'll take you up on this recommendation and beat you with a bag of library cards if it sucks.

:thumbup:

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