https://www.eisp.org Easter Island Statue Project Official Website Sat, 24 Feb 2024 04:01:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 https://www.eisp.org/2211/ https://www.eisp.org/2211/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 22:22:19 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=2211 (left) This statue illustrates the ceremonial use of a fallen moai into historic time. The site was excavated by W. Mulloy and reported in the published papers of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition. Although there were some anomalies in the descriptions of the statues, Mulloy’s team also produced a conjectural reconstruction view of the statues standing […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/2211/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1992/ https://www.eisp.org/1992/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 03:04:50 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1992 Statue type category examples. ©EISP/JVT/Drawing: Cristián Arévalo Pakarati.]]> https://www.eisp.org/1992/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1936/ https://www.eisp.org/1936/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 00:31:16 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1936 RELATED RECORD: Two moai removed from Ahu O’Pepe are currently at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.]]> https://www.eisp.org/1936/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1441/ https://www.eisp.org/1441/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 00:46:21 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1441 (far left, 2 images) EISP archive photos of Moai SI-WDC-001, located at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, USA. Photos by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, 1986 © JVT/EISP. (left) Moai SI-WDC-001 is currently installed inside the Constitution Ave. entrance of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. EISP archive drawings of […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/1441/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1333/ https://www.eisp.org/1333/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 07:23:28 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1333 Goals and Methods The specific archaeological purpose of the Easter Island Statue Project, since its inception, is to inventory the statues throughout the island. The method used to accomplish this goal is that of archaeological survey. During the inventory process, the statues are described through the documentation of metric attributes, but also through statistical evaluation […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/1333/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1324/ https://www.eisp.org/1324/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 10:09:57 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1324 In 1987 we were drawn to Belau by a statue described by archaeologist Douglas Osborne, who had worked there in the 1960s, as “strikingly like those of Easter Island.” Although he said it was “more conventionalized” and “less naturalistic” than Easter Island sculpture, the possibility that it resembled moai was intriguing, and we undertook eight […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/1324/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1263/ https://www.eisp.org/1263/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 04:52:06 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1263 Trachite statue, Poike, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), 1989. Photos by David C. Ochsner, drawings by Cristián Arévalo Pakarati © JVT/EISP.]]> https://www.eisp.org/1263/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1580/ https://www.eisp.org/1580/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 07:44:32 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1580 ]]> https://www.eisp.org/1580/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1258/ https://www.eisp.org/1258/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 04:43:46 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1258 ]]> https://www.eisp.org/1258/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/1248/ https://www.eisp.org/1248/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 04:39:04 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/wp/?p=1248 ]]> https://www.eisp.org/1248/feed/ 0