In the context of geoarchaeological investigations on Easter Island several hundred human-made pits filled with reddish silty material were discovered in fluvial terraces of two valleys on the southern slope of Maunga Terevaka, the highest volcano of the island. Micromorphological analysis of one representative pit filling and comparison of its geochemical and physical properties with sediments in the surrounding terrace was performed in order to reconstruct the probable formation and use of the material in the pits. A hypothesis of pigment production by heating of minerogenic iron-rich substrate with grass fuel resulting in formation of hematite is suggested. It is assumed that the pits represented the places for production and storage of ...
We report on the text excavation of a small trench at the coastal site of Ahu Anakena, Easter Island...
This paper discusses changes in Rapa Nui subsistence patterns over time and the social implications ...
The Peva dune site on Rurutu, Austral Islands, excavated in 2003, has yielded a rich archaeological ...
Easter Island (Chile) is a volcanic island made up entirely of volcanic rocks, which are represented...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) lies on the Pacific (27°S and 109°W). The art of Easter Island is widely kn...
A high-power use-wear analysis has been conducted on a sample of chipped obsidian artifacts from Sit...
A joint Belgian-Chilean biological mission, conceived and headed by Prof. H. Dumont of the Departmen...
Ava Ranga Uka A Toroke Hau is the fi rst archaeological site with hydraulic installations ever to be...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a remote Pacific island known for its megalithic statues, the moai, buil...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is well known for the enigmas surrounding its unique megalithic statues, th...
Archaeological records from excavations of the last forty years in the Campania region (southern Ita...
Recent archaeological work on Rapa Nui has challenged the widely held assumption that the bulk of pr...
Pacific and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) volcanologists, geologists, and geochemists have set the stage ...
The Taputapuatea marae of Ra'iatea is an emblematic landmark known throughout the world and sacred p...
Rapa Nui is famous for its moai (statues) and ahu (platforms), yet research into the island's many b...
We report on the text excavation of a small trench at the coastal site of Ahu Anakena, Easter Island...
This paper discusses changes in Rapa Nui subsistence patterns over time and the social implications ...
The Peva dune site on Rurutu, Austral Islands, excavated in 2003, has yielded a rich archaeological ...
Easter Island (Chile) is a volcanic island made up entirely of volcanic rocks, which are represented...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) lies on the Pacific (27°S and 109°W). The art of Easter Island is widely kn...
A high-power use-wear analysis has been conducted on a sample of chipped obsidian artifacts from Sit...
A joint Belgian-Chilean biological mission, conceived and headed by Prof. H. Dumont of the Departmen...
Ava Ranga Uka A Toroke Hau is the fi rst archaeological site with hydraulic installations ever to be...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a remote Pacific island known for its megalithic statues, the moai, buil...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is well known for the enigmas surrounding its unique megalithic statues, th...
Archaeological records from excavations of the last forty years in the Campania region (southern Ita...
Recent archaeological work on Rapa Nui has challenged the widely held assumption that the bulk of pr...
Pacific and Rapa Nui (Easter Island) volcanologists, geologists, and geochemists have set the stage ...
The Taputapuatea marae of Ra'iatea is an emblematic landmark known throughout the world and sacred p...
Rapa Nui is famous for its moai (statues) and ahu (platforms), yet research into the island's many b...
We report on the text excavation of a small trench at the coastal site of Ahu Anakena, Easter Island...
This paper discusses changes in Rapa Nui subsistence patterns over time and the social implications ...
The Peva dune site on Rurutu, Austral Islands, excavated in 2003, has yielded a rich archaeological ...