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In reply to the discussion: The Easter Island Heads Have Bodies [View all]DCKit
(18,541 posts)83. The simplistic answers don't work for something THAT large and heavy.
Either that, or I was wrong on the Internet - again - and needed to be put down.
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The backside of that last statue at the bottom seems to be a symbol of marriage. n/t
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#57
Sadly, they likely rolled them on logs from all the trees they clearcut from the island that led to
Pachamama
May 2012
#77
Well .. In all fairness ... People dont 'know' something until they learn about it ...
Trajan
May 2012
#15
Easter Island is a CLASSIC case of environmental destruction for consumerist sake
Taverner
May 2012
#11
The resource depletion story pushed by Jared Diamond has some holes. Which aren't given as
HiPointDem
May 2012
#27
Your analysis of people projecting an environmental story onto the Easter Island archealogy actually
grantcart
May 2012
#32
That article is by the same people! The rats story is thoroughly debunked, by science.
joshcryer
May 2012
#49
maybe. but if you read everyone, including the early explorers, you get a much broader
HiPointDem
May 2012
#41
agree, disease is definitely in the mix. but that is also partly a contact phenomenon.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#63
Lynas isn't a "researcher" at all; he's a writer and blogger. He's talking about a book by Terry
HiPointDem
May 2012
#82
"Eat at Joes". Sandwich boards wouldn't be invented for thousands of years.
bluesbassman
May 2012
#68
They were built between 1200 and 1500, and probably caused Easter Island's collapse
Recursion
May 2012
#44
Another interesting thing is that there are similar constructions throughout the Pacific and the
HiPointDem
May 2012
#40
thanks. now i'm findi that the easter islanders tattooed, like most of polynesia, and their
HiPointDem
May 2012
#45
I've wondered about possible cultural connections between NW coast indians, polynesia, and ainu
HiPointDem
May 2012
#58
If you're ever in DC, we have one of these (body and all) in the Natural History Museum
Recursion
May 2012
#42
known since the 18th century. explorers' drawings at contact showed full bodies, topknots, and
HiPointDem
May 2012
#62
read about this a few months ago. interesting this thread just came up again...
Roland99
May 2012
#69