Transcript The Easter Island Statues - Woodcliff Lake Public Schools

The Easter Island Statues
By Raffi N.
A Geographical View
Easter Island is one of the
most
isolated
inhabited
islands on the planet! It is
3,600 km west of Chile and
2,075 km east of Pitcairn
(Pitcairn is a bunch of islands
in the Pacific that are
neighbors to Easter Island).
The total area of the island is
163.6 square kilometers or
63.1 square miles.
History on the statues
No one knows how or when
the statues were created, but
many people are very curious
and have investigated with
the
latest
high
tech
equipment. Some people
think that they were to call
some type of god or maybe to
ward off attackers to the
island.
The
heads
are
positioned all around the
island at different angles.
Some recent discoveries have
been made and shown that
some of the heads have
bodies!
Pictured is a map of Rapa Nui and
the most important heads.
Easter Island Terms
Moai: the islanders’ term for the
statues
Rapa Nui: Easter Island
Theory 1 (on why the moai are all
different or partly destroyed)
Some people think that
when famine came upon
the people living on the
island, they split up into
tribes/clans and
rival
groups
toppled
each
other’s statues.
Group 1
Group 2
We don’t
like each
other!!
Theory 2 (with other
thoughts)
Some scientists think that
the moai can be different
sizes and shapes because
they were made by
different
people
with
different ways and beliefs.
Also, some of the same
scientists thought that
some statues might have
toppled
because
of
volcanic activity, old age,
and weathering.
Theory 3
Another thought was that
there were two tribes (the Hanau-aa-epe and the Hau- nuamo-moko).The Ha-nau-aa-epe
was recognized for their long
ears
and
for
being
substantially taller than other
tribes’ people. This explains
why some of the statues have
very long ears and are taller
than the others. But, soon
after these statues were
constructed, the Hau-nau-momoko killed all but three of
the Ha-nau-aa-epe. So that’s
why there are only a couple
of the tall, long-eared statues
left.
You can see that this head has a
long ear.
Personal Theory
I think that because the
island is volcanic, the
heads have sunken into
the
ground
due
to
earthquakes and volcanic
activity. Another thought
was that when different
explorers visited, they
found traces of different
people. This gives some
explanation on why the
heads all have different
body features and they are
all different shapes and
sizes.
This shows the head’s diversity
Work Cited
www.worldmysterier.com
www.phillipcoppens.com
Conclusion