The statues at Rano Raraku exhibit different carving ... releasing tens of thousands of pounds of volcanic rock from the ...
The main quarry for Easter Island's statues, this volcanic crater is a virtual moai ... Van Tilburg suggests that the moai production in Rano Raraku quarry probably started and stopped often ...
On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash ... situ in quarries at the Rano Raraku central production ...
The most important archaeological site on Rapa Nui is Rano Raraku, a volcano on the island's eastern side that the Indigenous ...