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Rock ArtSite Name: Ana Kai TangataCountry: Easter Island
NOTE: This site is 1390.33 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Hanga Roa Nearest Village: Hanga Roa
Latitude: 27.15S Longitude: 109.4333W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Ana Kai Tangata cave is on the shoreline of Easter Island near Hanga Roa.
Its name means Eat Man Cave and according to Routlage was a banquting hall for the canibal feasts. On the cieling are painted many birds resembling the sooty terns that flock to the island and played such a part in the bird man cult at Orongo. Routlage states that on the roof of the cave there was also an image of a eurpoean ship over which a bird had been painted, wich indicated that the frescos were regulary renewed. When we visited in 2012 this image was no longer evident.
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