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A glimpse in the past

A new Belgian exploration in 2001

Scientist of the Royal Museums of Art and History have travelled to Easter Island in 2001 to find out more about Pou Hakanononga, the giant statue brought to their museum by the Franco-Belgian expedition of 1934-35. They excavated human bones on the spot where Pou Hakanononga has been discovered.

Our researcher, Caroline Polet, has studied these bones. They are the remains of two adults and four children. They date from the thirteenth or the fourteenth century and are therefore the oldest known human remains found on Eastern Island. Dental research has shown that the natives ate roots, tubers and fish (see Caroline Polet, 'Study of Human Remains discovered in 2001 at Ahu 'O Rongo, Rapa Nui', in Rapa Nui Journal, Vol. 17 (2) October 2003, p. 114-118).

View of Easter Island (1935)
Picture of sculpture (1935)

 

 

What are two scientists of our Museum doing on Easter Island?

Caroline and Patrick are accompanying the archaeologists of the Royal Museums of Art and History who wish to make an in depth study of Pou Hakanononga. As soon new bones should be found, Caroline and Patrick can start their analyses. For anthropology is like a police investigation: the fresher indications are, the more they can tell!

 

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