A Unique Find on Easter Island
| dc.contributor.author | Wallin, Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-12T21:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-12T21:34:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1996-01-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>In 1986-1988 The Kon-Tiki Museum sponsored an archaeological project in Anakena bay on Easter Island. In 1987, test excavations were conducted in the area about 75 m east of Ahu Nau Nau, and a distinct settlement layer was recovered there. This layer consists of dark brown clayey soil and is between 40-60 cm thick. Two different carbon samples were dated by the C-14 method. They were found to be of almost identical age, dating back to A. D. 1126-1272 and A.D. 1153-1268. In one of the test trenches (trench S) a harpoon-head was found in the settlement layer. This is the first find of a prehistoric bone harpoon from Easter Island, and it will here be submitted to a closer presentation and discussion.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10524/64280 | |
| dc.subject | Rapa Nui | |
| dc.subject | Easter Island | |
| dc.subject | Kon-Tiki Museum | |
| dc.subject | Harpon | |
| dc.title | A Unique Find on Easter Island | |
| dc.type | Research paper | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| prism.number | 4 | |
| prism.volume | 10 |
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