http://www.eisp.org Easter Island Statue Project Official Website Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:47:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.eisp.org/4476/ http://www.eisp.org/4476/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:03:24 +0000 Kim Anh Hoang http://www.eisp.org/?p=4476 DEM courtesy of Dronemapper and Gatewing.]]> http://www.eisp.org/4476/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/4323/ http://www.eisp.org/4323/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 00:18:49 +0000 EISP Staff http://www.eisp.org/?p=4323 The Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) was founded by Jo Anne Van Tilburg in 1982. Since 2000 she has served as EISP co-director with her Rapa Nui colleague, Cristián Arévalo Pakarati. Their collaboration represents the longest, continuous international scientific collaboration inRapa Nui history. The founding goal of EISP was the field and museum inventory of [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/4323/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/4250/ http://www.eisp.org/4250/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 02:12:07 +0000 EISP Staff http://www.eisp.org/?p=4250 Jo Anne Van Tilburg and Cristián Arévalo Pakarati lead an all-Rapa Nui crew and core staff consisting of Dario Ika Paoa, excavator; Patricio Rodrigo Madariaga Paoa, excavator; Vaiheri Tuki Haoa, photographer; and Rosa Lucía Ika Paoaand Anastasia Ika Paoa, logistics and support. We have been joined seasonally by Carlos Rapu Rapu, Benjamin Mihaore Pakarati González, [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/4250/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/4095/ http://www.eisp.org/4095/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:37:29 +0000 Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. http://www.eisp.org/?p=4095   Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Season V Excavation Summary RR-001-156 and Square 4, RR-001-157 Jo Anne Van Tilburg November 2011 Introduction This report is another in a series of reports dealing with the excavation of statues RR-001-156 and RR-001-157 in Rano Raraku quarry, Rapa Nui, Chile. The previous reports were filed with the [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/4095/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3332/ http://www.eisp.org/3332/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:00:18 +0000 Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. http://www.eisp.org/?p=3332 Save the Easter Island Statues Dear Friends, Through a methodical archaeological survey we have accomplished the digital mapping of Rano Raraku statue quarry, documented over one thousand statues throughout the entire island and created the world’s largest archaeological archive describing the statues. Working with scientific colleagues at The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3332/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3879/ http://www.eisp.org/3879/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:19:50 +0000 Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. http://www.eisp.org/?p=3879 Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Preliminary Report July-August 2011 Project Target Statues The target statues from the inception of this project are RR-001-156 and RR-001-157, both of which are located within Quarry 2 of Rano Raraku.  RR-001-158 is adjacent to Quarry 2 on the eastward side and was selected by the conservators as a [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3879/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3844/ http://www.eisp.org/3844/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:45:32 +0000 EISP Staff http://www.eisp.org/?p=3844 Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Mission Dr. Christian Fischer and Ms. Monica Bahamondez P. May 14- 26 Introduction The main objectives of this mission, carried out with the assistance of Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, Rafael Paoa Rapu and Vaiheri Tuki Haoa, were firstly, to apply the protective treatment on statues RR-001-157 and RR-001-156 currently being excavated by [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3844/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3793/ http://www.eisp.org/3793/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:11:15 +0000 EISP Staff http://www.eisp.org/?p=3793 Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Mission Dr. Christian Fischer and Ms. Monica Bahamondez P. March 8-16, 2011 Introduction The main objective of this mission, carried out with the assistance of Cristián Arévalo Pakarati, was to evaluate the status of the environmental monitoring equipment illegally removed in 2010 and to re-install it on site for a measurement [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3793/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3739/ http://www.eisp.org/3739/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:52:36 +0000 Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. http://www.eisp.org/?p=3739 Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Preliminary Report February 2011 Introduction This report is the third in a series documenting the implementation of permitted excavations in Rano Raraku quarry on target statues RR-001-156 and RR-001-157 . Specifically, this report deals with the third excavation season, or Phase 3, and is focused specifically on RR-001-156. The conservation [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3739/feed/ 0 http://www.eisp.org/3527/ http://www.eisp.org/3527/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:35:17 +0000 Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. http://www.eisp.org/?p=3527 Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Preliminary Report October-November 2010 Introduction This report is a preliminary statement of the tasks undertaken and goals achieved during the second field season of Phase 2 of the Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative.  Phase 1 took place in April, 2010 and a full report of that work is [...]]]> http://www.eisp.org/3527/feed/ 0