They dug up an Easter Island head (Moai) - General Tiki

P Philot Tiki Socialite The armpit of Florida Joined: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 239	P Philot Posted posted on Thu, Jun 14, 2012 2:19 PM On 2012-06-14 11:46, Kaiwaza wrote: It's a fascinating discovery...if erosion is the reason for them getting buried..I don't know, that seems strange that they would be buried THAT deep, but I'm no archeologist..:) I thought a common archeological theory on Rapa Nui was that they chopped down and used up all the trees on the island (to use for rollers to move moai). You chop down all your trees, you're going to accelerate erosion. There's a place outside of Lumpkin called Providence Canyon where poor farming & soil management led to 150' deep canyons in 50 years.

On 2012-06-14 11:46, Kaiwaza wrote:
It's a fascinating discovery...if erosion is the reason for them getting buried..I don't know, that seems strange that they would be buried THAT deep, but I'm no archeologist..:)

I thought a common archeological theory on Rapa Nui was that they chopped down and used up all the trees on the island (to use for rollers to move moai). You chop down all your trees, you're going to accelerate erosion. There's a place outside of Lumpkin called Providence Canyon where poor farming & soil management led to 150' deep canyons in 50 years.

Post #640539 by Philot on Thu, Jun 14, 2012 2:19 PM