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Rapa Nui cupules: voices of a disintegrating society?
Rock art research: the journal of the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) and the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) • 17 (2) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 99-110
By: van Hoek, Maarten.
Abstract
This article is a survey of a certain type of Rapa Nui rock art called cupules—typically hemispherical depressions made on a rock surface—documenting their different shapes and sizes, their locations, and associations with other petroglyphs and rock carvings such as those of birdmen, fish, canoes and the giant [n]moai[/n] statues. The author focuses on smaller, later cupules, superimposed on other carvings in ordered patterns, surmising they were an attempt to re-sacralize older religious artifacts and extract mana from them.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2016
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Polynesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2012
- Field Date
- 1999
- Coverage Date
- 1200–1450
- Coverage Place
- Easter Island, Valparaíso, Chile
- Notes
- Maarten van Hoek
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-110)
- LCCN
- sn 88016029
- LCSH
- Easter Island