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Ahu Vinapu is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui ( Easter Island) in Eastern Polynesia . The ceremonial center of Vinapu includes one of the larger ahu on Rapa Nui. The ahu exhibits extraordinary stonemasonry consisting of large, carefully fitted slabs of basalt. The American archaeologist, William Mulloy investigated the site in 1958.
Vinapu (Vinapū in Rapa Nui language) is a coastal area in the south-west part of Rapa Nui. It has two ahu platforms - Ahu Vinapu and Ahu Tahira - both with late period moai statues and topknots. Ahu Tahira is of highest importance to the island for its rock wall engineering being unmatched in precision at Rapa Nui.
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Vinapu is an archaeological complex located in an extensive esplanade on the edge of the south coast of the island, where the airport runway ends. Although remains of three platforms have been discovered, two ahu of great monumentality stand out. Here, as in other ceremonial centers, all the moaiwere torn down around the 18th and 19th centuries, du...
In the main ahu, also called Vinapu I or Tahira, located to the left of the route, there are six fallen statues face down with three of the pukaothat topped them. Its orientation, as in many other platforms on the island, is related to the position of the stars, and in this case it is directed east of the winter solstice. In the back side that face...
There is a theory that states that Vinapu was built by the Inca Tupac Yupanquiduring his expedition to the Pacific. This theory is supported by the Peruvian historian José Antonio del Busto, which is based on the chronicles written in the sixteenth century by the Spanish chroniclers Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Martín de Murúa and Miguel Cabello de B...
The Ahu Vinapu known as Vinapu II and located to the right of the Ahu Tahira, is an older platform. There are five knocked down moai and several pukao scattered around. There is a huge headdress in red stone, on whose surface a tahetaor cavity has been carved to collect the rainwater. But the main attraction of this place is the singular red column...
To access Vinapu from Hanga Roa, take the Hotu Matu’a avenue that runs parallel to the Mataveri airport runway. Passing the fuel tanks, you have to turn left until you reach a fork in several dirt roads. Taking the second on the right there is a sign indicating the road to Vinapu.
Ahu Vinapu is the second Ahu and an older platform, it is the home of 5 Moai and there are several Pukao. There is also a Moai that was discovered and erected in 1956, this Moai is made from Red Scoria or Hani Hani.
In Vinapu, the Ahu Tahiri marks the equinoxes, and the Ahu Vinapu 2, the summer solstice. The Ahu Ra’ai and Ahu Tongariki is oriented towards the summer solstice. An open-air museum The Ahu Akivi was the first platform restored by William Mulloy. The lone figure of the Ahu Ature Huki, located in Anakena, was the first moai to be erected on ...
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Vinapu's main features are it's two large ahu and associated Moai + a well crafted stone wall which draws comparison with similar sites in Peru. One of the Moai is quite large, although unfortunately it was not part of the 50 of the 288 on the island which were re-erected in the 1900's (Note - all the Moai of the island were toppled in the 18 ...
Ahu Vinapu If size signified importance, Ahu Vinapu was one of the most important ahu on Easter Island. The precisely fitted large basalt cut slabs have perplexed some archaeologists, in ...
