Since its first European discovery by Jacob Roggeveen on Easter Day 1722, Rapa Nui has fascinated archaeologists and anthropologists alike.
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is the remotest inhabited place on earth, yet its colossal, 900-year old statues are known worldwide. Since 1996 the Island has been designated a World Heritage Landscape. Its renowned archaeology, which centres on the statues from around the 12th to 16th centuries, roads to and from the quarry, enormous ceremonial platforms, rock art and settlement architecture, is much more extensive and diverse than its popular portrayal. These remains are densely distributed throughout the island.
Rapa Nui is immensely stony and the creativity of prehistoric communities with its stone resources — massive constructions, choices of stones with different colour, qualities and origins