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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ahu Nau Nau Anakena - Sculptured Stone in Easter Island

Submitted by terryj on Tuesday, 12 December 2006  Page Views: 8803

Multi-periodSite Name: Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by Jon : Ahu Nau Nau Anakena (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by SolarMegalith : Ahu Nau Nau in Anakena - view from the SW. This ahu is one of the yougest ones on the island, as it replaced several older platforms (photo taken in 2005). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by Jon : (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by mattchapman : Site in Easter Island bird petroglyph reused in the back wall of the Ahu (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by SolarMegalith : Ahu Nau Nau near the beach in Anakena - view from the north. According to the tradition Hotu Matua landed here, forming first settlements on Easter Island (photo taken in 2005). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by Jon : Anakena Petroglyphs

Ahu Nau Nau Anakena
Ahu Nau Nau Anakena submitted by mattchapman : Site in Easter Island Old moai head reused in the rear wall of the Ahu

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