Rock art on excavated monolithic statues (moai), Rano Raraku statue quarry, Rapa Nui (Easter Island): context, chronology and the crescent motif

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Archaeology in Oceania Pub Date : 2021-09-20 DOI:10.1002/arco.5253
JO ANNE VAN TILBURG
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Monolithic statues (moai) of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) are three-dimensional objects and unique to the ancient public art of Eastern Polynesia. The primary purpose here is to summarize the specific landscape and statue production contexts of moai 156 and moai 157 in Rano Raraku, the statue quarry, demonstrating that they are embellished with rock art applied post-production (sixteenth to seventeenth centuries) and after they were upright and partially buried by colluvium in a named quarry chamber. Secondly, motif analysis reveals that crescents are present on moai 156 and 157 and incorporated into other motif types at 'Orongo, Rano Kau. The crescent is the central motif in a diagrammatic schema of Rapa Nui design development. Thirdly, iconographic norms allow controlled comparison with other moai for applied rock art. Although Hoa Hakananai'a differs in material, size, and situation from all others, the motifs on it are within the conventions of the iconographic corpus. Rano Raraku and Rano Kau are validated as ritual places on the dualistic, regionalized Rapa Nui landscape. The internal affinities and overall continuity of Rapanui cultural expression is established within an evolving anthropogenic environment during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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在拉帕努伊岛(复活节岛)出土的巨石雕像(摩埃)上的岩石艺术:背景,年代和新月主题
Rapa Nui(复活节岛)的巨石雕像(moai)是三维物体,是东波利尼西亚古代公共艺术的独特之处。这里的主要目的是总结摩埃156和摩埃157在雕像采石场Rano Raraku的具体景观和雕像制作背景,证明它们在后期制作(16至17世纪)以及在它们直立并部分被colluvium埋在一个命名的采石场室内之后,用岩石艺术进行了装饰。其次,基序分析表明,摩埃156和157上均存在新月,并与其他基序类型相融合。新月是拉帕努伊设计发展的图解图式的中心主题。第三,图像规范允许与应用岩石艺术的其他摩埃石像进行可控的比较。尽管Hoa Hakananai'a在材料、大小和情况上与其他所有作品不同,但其主题都符合图像语料库的惯例。Rano Raraku和Rano Kau是拉帕努伊岛二元、区别化景观中的仪式场所。拉帕努伊文化表达的内在亲和力和整体连续性是在16世纪和17世纪不断发展的人类环境中建立起来的。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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