What are ur theories on the big rock head statues on Easter Island?

Question

Are people from Easter Island Polynesian? where do Polynesians originate from?

Answer 1

The large stone statues, or moai, for which Easter Island is world famous were carved during a relatively short and intense burst of creative and productive megalithic activity. Archeologists now estimate that ceremonial site construction and statue carving took place largely between about AD 1100 and 1600 and may have consumed up to 25% of island-wide resources -- with some statues probably still being carved at about the time Jacob Roggeveen arrived. According to recent archaeological research 887 monolithic stone statues, called moai, have been inventoried on the island and in museum collections. This number is not final, however. The on-going statue survey continues to turn up new fragments, and mapping in Rano Raraku quarry (see below) has documented more unfinished statues than previously known. In addition, some statues incorporated into ceremonial site construction surely remain to be uncovered. Although often identified as "heads", the statues actually are heads and complete torsos. Some upright moai, however, have become buried up to their necks by shifting soils. Most moai were carved out of a distinctive, compressed easily-worked volcanic ash or tuff found at a single site called Rano Raraku. The quarry there seems to have been abandoned abruptly, with half-carved statues left in the rock. However, on closer examination the pattern of use and abandonment is more complex. The most widely-accepted theory is that the statues were carved by the ancestors of the modern Polynesian inhabitants (Rapanui) at a time when the island was largely planted with trees and resources were plentiful, supporting a population of at least 10,000-15,000 native Rapanui. The majority of the statues were still standing when Jacob Roggeveen arrived in 1722. Captain James Cook also saw many standing statues when he landed on the island in 1774. By the mid-19th century, all the statues had been toppled, presumably in internecine wars.

As impressive as the statues are, the ahu platforms contained 20 times as much stone, and actually required even greater resources to build.

Answer 2

Ever ask your self why there hasn't ever been a huge, nicely financed medical excursion to Easter Island to discover the "secret". there's a reason! there is not any secret. The natives do not imagine there is any secret both. except why people save coming to look on the heads. i presumed assorted the pastime in them had died out. Erich, von Daniken wrote about them in his sensationalized "Chariots of the Gods" circa 1968. von Daniken tried to make the heads look to have extraterrestrial foundation. A e book printed in 1972, titled "Crash bypass the Chariots" through Clifford A Wilson disproved ALL of von Danikens wild claims. about that factor, a small action picture crew, visited the island. a community, and his father immediately carved a head for them, and erected it through excavating less than the decrease end, till if fell into an upright position. Took 2 of them, less than a week. i presumed all pastime in them, had lengthy provided that died out. absolutely the foremost's lengthy previous. i guess Mr. Barnum become properly.

Answer 3

It could be a statue to warn other tribe to stay off the island. Seeing big statue could scare off other natives from invading.

Polynesians are probably related to chinese and mongolians, during the ice age when the land was still connected people moved south to look for food.

Answer 4

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