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Multi-periodSite Name: Ahu Nau Nau AnakenaCountry: Easter Island
NOTE: This site is 655.929 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Hanga Roa
Latitude: 27.07686S Longitude: 109.32392W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Ahu Nau Nau Anakena was restored in 1978 by the islander archaeologist Sergio Rapu. All of the moai here wore elaborate topknots (pukao).
An important finding here was that of an almost complete eye made of coral, with a red volcanic scoria disc to represent the iris, inlaid in a circular cavity in the coral. For the first time after several centuries the moai were able to display the living face.
It is worth noting here that the eye sockets of the moai quarried at Rano Raraku were not carved until they were upright on the ahus (in order to bring them to life). It is therefore possible to tell which moai had been erected, and which were still in transit when the society collapsed.
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