Easter Island Research Paper

Most know the Island as Easter Island, but many don’t know the history behind it, such as the original name, Te Pito O Te Henua meaning “The Center Of The World”.
Many People don’t even know what is on the Island such as the ancient statues called the
Moai statues carved by the Rapa Nui Tribe. The Moais were built in approximately 1400
AD 1650
AD to honor their dead ancestors. The Moai stand on the tribes that once were, but also reminding the native people of their culturally rich past. The 887 Moai statues also serve to show just how amazing the founding people of Easter Island really were. The world is impressed by the creation of these statues not only for the size and amount of them, but also for the direction for under which they were …show more content…
Now, however, a new theory suggests that there is very little evidence this happened. The Rapa Nui people were in actual fact very intelligent agricultural engineers .
Intensive study shows that the islanders’ agricultural fields were deliberately fertilized by ashes from a volcanic rock.In what has been labeled a “wacky theory,” Robert M. Schoch claimed in 2012 that the writing system of Easter Island is actually 10,000 years older than popularly believed . This also makes the island itself older than scientist had originally thought. Author Erich von Daniken helped spread this theory with his book Chariots of the Gods?
Unsolved Mysteries of the Past. Daniken also believes the ancient Egyptians could not possibly have built the pyramids by themselves as they lacked the intelligence and strength.
Similar theories explain the Mayan pyramids and the Nazca line drawings.The stone used to build the moai was actually taken from the island itself, from an extinct volcano on the northeastern side, not from another planet. There’s no actual mystery about who built the statues. The only real mystery is why they did so. Many island researchers believe that each of the statues represent the head of a family . This however, remains a …show more content…
The key to this test relies on the belly of the statue, which, was designed specifically for the Moai to be moved that way. The balance of weight and center of gravity for the statue to move forward when it was rocked. This theory was tested by a team led by three leading experts on the Moai; Carl Lipo (California State University),
Terry Hunt (University of Hawaii), and Sergio Rapu Haoa (archaeologist and former governor of Easter Island). Lipo realized that many of the statues found lying on the roadside were on inclines, and fell from an upright position. On an up hill climb the statues fell on their backs, on a down hill climb they fell on their faces. This and other observations contradict the widely accepted wooden sledge theory, which caused the team to investigate the ancient “walking” legends. In order to show this technique, the team made a 4.35ton replica of a Moai and eighteen people succeeded in moving it 100 meters in an hour. While there are still other differing views, these two are the most reasonable theories explaining how the Moai’s were moved. Both theories appear valid, but many have taken a liking

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