"Easter Island: Hats Rolled Into Place?" Topic

The distinctive headgear worn by some of the famous Easter Island statues may have been rolled up ramps to reach those high perches, a new study suggests.

A simple analysis of the physics suggests that rolling the headwear — bulky cylindrical shapes that look like Russian fur hats — would have been a relatively easy matter, said study co-author Sean Hixon, an undergraduate student in archaeology and geology at the University of Oregon, who presented his findings here on April 16 at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

"It seems like a relatively small number of people could have done it, either by levering or rolling," Hixon said…

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So…round things can be rolled.
That's awesome. I hope that undergrad is getting super high marks (and a gold participation star!) for his ground breaking research!

Hats off to Mr. Sean Hixon!

I read something to this effect when i was in highschool longer ago than I like to think about.

I dont see the Renaissance connection though.

Owen

Surely Aliens were involved at some point!

So…round things can be rolled.
That's awesome. I hope that undergrad is getting super high marks (and a gold participation star!) for his ground breaking research!

There is actually a fairly fierce debate over how the giant heads were put in place, so this could have a major impact on ethnographic studies of Easter Island.