Moai, ,July National Geographic - General Tiki

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2564	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 8:27 PM Interesting... So if only a handful made it to the big pedestal or "altar," then perhaps the rest were set up as sentinels of sorts? Or, maybe the "waddling" of the moai didn't work out well and therefore we see today a fairly random placement of the majority? I figure that they had very weak and poorly-made ropes back in their time, and waddling the statues across the islands was very risky, and use of logs much safer and more practical. Ok, all of this is pure wild-assed speculation on my part. Guess I should just read up on it all elsewhere, ha... Gotta hand it to those native people, though, their very stylized carvings sure do look very cool these days.

Interesting... So if only a handful made it to the big pedestal or "altar," then perhaps the rest were set up as sentinels of sorts? Or, maybe the "waddling" of the moai didn't work out well and therefore we see today a fairly random placement of the majority? I figure that they had very weak and poorly-made ropes back in their time, and waddling the statues across the islands was very risky, and use of logs much safer and more practical.

Ok, all of this is pure wild-assed speculation on my part. Guess I should just read up on it all elsewhere, ha... Gotta hand it to those native people, though, their very stylized carvings sure do look very cool these days.

Post #641315 by AceExplorer on Thu, Jun 21, 2012 8:27 PM