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/6431/ https://www.eisp.org/6431/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:10:18 +0000 https://www.eisp.org/?p=6431 Objects have many stories to tell. The stories of their makers and their uses. Stories of exchange, acquisition, display and interpretation. This book is a collection of essays highlighting some of the collections, and their object biographies, that were displayed in the Uncovering Pacific Pasts: Histories of Archaeology in Oceania (UPP) exhibition. The exhibition, which […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/6431/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6372/ https://www.eisp.org/6372/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:38:00 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6372 Radiolab tells the surprising story behind rapamycin in the latest episode The Dirty Drug and the Ice Cream Tub.]]> https://www.eisp.org/6372/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6312/ https://www.eisp.org/6312/#comments Sat, 01 May 2021 20:44:19 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6312 UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology April 9, 2021 Ritualized Stone and Public Art on Easter Island: Highlights and Insights of Recent Excavations in the Statue Quarry – Jo Anne Van Tilburg Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/vFc6MASfFNA   University of Tennessee McClung Museum February 4, 2021 “Ritualized Stone and Craft Specialization: Recent Excavation in Easter Island’s […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/6312/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6255/ https://www.eisp.org/6255/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2019 22:29:09 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6255 Unearthing the mystery of the meaning of Easter Island’s Moai Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study reveals http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/moai-easter-island-meaning-food]]> https://www.eisp.org/6255/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6210/ https://www.eisp.org/6210/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:07:26 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6210 www.rockartnetwork.net The Rock Art Network, established by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Bradshaw Foundation, comprises individuals and institutions committed to the promotion, protection, and conservation of rock art globally.]]> https://www.eisp.org/6210/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6194/ https://www.eisp.org/6194/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:41:59 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6194 Jo Anne nose the answer on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! Bluff the Listener segment, May 4, 2019.]]> https://www.eisp.org/6194/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6189/ https://www.eisp.org/6189/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:27:58 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6189 BYU Radio, Top of Mind with Juile Rose, July 1, 2019 Listen to the interview with Jo Anne Van Tiburg here.]]> https://www.eisp.org/6189/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6174/ https://www.eisp.org/6174/#comments Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:17:16 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6174 President's Video Report – Summer 2019 from The Explorers Club on Vimeo.                 Download the 2011 Flag #50 Report Here]]> https://www.eisp.org/6174/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6038/ https://www.eisp.org/6038/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:05:08 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6038 Jo Anne was interviewed by Anderson Cooper for CBS 60 Minutes, airing Easter Sunday April 21, 2019. Watch the video and read the transcript online! Preview teaser:   Full segment: “Easter Island’s famous moai statues slowly fading away”, CBS 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper, April 21, 2019.       Online extra: “Why did people […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/6038/feed/ 0 https://www.eisp.org/6088/ https://www.eisp.org/6088/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:47:54 +0000 http://www.eisp.org/?p=6088 Today Rapa Nui is a major tourist destination fully linked into the digital world and facing all of its many challenges. We are very excited about a new documentary Eating Up Easter made by Sergio Rapu, a young Rapanui filmmaker and good friend. His film tells a harrowing tale of important conservation problems but also […]]]> https://www.eisp.org/6088/feed/ 0