Katherine Routledge
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Katherine Maria Routledge was an English archaeologist and anthropologist who, in 1914, initiated and carried out much of the first true survey of Easter Island.
The Mana at Easter Island, 1914.
The excavated Ahu Tongariki, 1914. At the time, all moai were still overturned and there were no palm trees on the island.
Juan Tepano
Easter Island
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Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
Outer slope of the Rano Raraku volcano, the quarry of the Moais with many uncompleted statues.
Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island
Traditional cultivars of sweet potato (kumara) were staple crops on Polynesian Rapa Nui
A View of the Monuments of Easter Island, Rapanui, c. 1775–1776 by William Hodges.