- Ahu
Vinapu is an
archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in
Eastern Polynesia. The
ceremonial center of
Vinapu includes one of the
larger ahu on...
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examples of
Easter Island stone masonry is the rear wall of the ahu at
Vinapu. Made
without mortar by
shaping hard
basalt rocks of up to 7,000 kg (6.9...
- ahu, the most
famous of
which are Ahu Tongariki, the
largest ahu, and Ahu
Vinapu. Some moai have hats of red
volcanic stone known as Pukao. Currently, the...
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Stone work Moai
Pukao Archaeological sites Ahu
Akivi Ahu
Tongariki Ahu
Vinapu Anakena Orongo Puna Pau Rano
Raraku Rapa Nui
National Park Tahai...
- masonry.
Lezhe Chaonia And
others Chu****-Kale
Mangup Vorontsov Palace Ahu
Vinapu Ingapirca Bomarsund Fortress Suomenlinna Anakopia Fortress Ateni Sioni Church...
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restoration projects at Ahu Akivi, the
ceremonial village of
Orongo and
Vinapu, the
ceremonial center at
Tahai now
constitutes an
integral part of the...
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Mulloy restoration projects at Ahu Akivi, the
ceremonial village of Orongo,
Vinapu, Ahu Ko Te Riku, Ahu Vai Ure and the rest of the
ceremonial center at Tahai...
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facia blocks and a non-standard moai
found in
front of one of the ahu at
Vinapu. It was not used to
fashion the
crouching moai
Tukuturi at Rano Raraku,...
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again in 1886 by the
American sloop USS Mohican,
whose crew
excavated Ahu
Vinapu with dynamite.: 127, 131
Father Roussel made a
number of
pastoral visits...
- pre-Columbian
Amerindian stonework, such as at Tihuanaco. He said of Ahu
Vinapu's retaining wall, "No
Polynesian fisherman would have been
capable of conceiving...
