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The role of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) statuary as territorial boundary markers
Antiquity • 79 (303) • Published In 2005 • Pages: 169-178
By: Shepardson, Britton L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Drawing on a new spatial analysis of the locations of Rapa Nui [n]moai[/n] statues, this study identifies 89 statues not associated with ceremonial centers or quarries. Once designated as "in transport," the author instead interprets these inland statues as boundary markers, a previously advanced theory based on ethnohistorical clan territories and boundaries.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Religious and educational structures
- Visual arts
- Territorial hierarchy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rapa Nui
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2003
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400–1650
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- NotesAdditional notes
- Britton L. Shepardson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29021740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Easter Island