Easter Island Rapa Nui - Rock Art Petroglyphs

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iLecture Documentary Film
Easter Island

Was Thor Heyerdal's Kon Tiki voyage an unintentional decoy to discovering the true origins of the distinctive yet silent statues of Easter Island? In December of 1862 eight ships approached a volcanic island located in the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean. This was the year that the fate of the island's beleagured population was sealed; a population that had evolved in cultural isolation to produce works of art that have become one of the wonders of the world.


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Easter Island
The Rock Art of Rapa Nui


		A shark with a smaller shark inside and a nearby fish comprise an interesting grouping. This is located on a flat lava flow inland from Anakena, and deeply carved. Another shark and a tuna (right) with grooved body on a large section of flat lava. The circles in the body of the tuna are cupules surrounded by raised 'doughnut-like' forms. La Perouse area.
La Perouse Area, a curvilinear Octopus adorns a large petroglyph site; it is associated with the designs


Sea creatures (left) comprise a large category of petroglyph designs on Easter Island and any of these have human faces. These two figures located above Anakena are also associated with a legend about two varua (spirits) who swam and flew to the island from the mythical land of Hiva. The figures measure more than two meters long.