Archaeological Sites in Chile

Ahu Akivi

Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. Ahu Akivi, aligned in an east–west direction, is located on the…

Ahu Nau Nau

Ahu Nau Nau is a megalithic platform on Easter Island. It occupies a site traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the island's history and culture. According to oral…

Ahu Tongariki

Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island. Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami. It…

Te Pito Kura

Easter Island

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 first…

Rano Raraku

Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile.…

Te Pito O Te Henua

Te Pito o Te Henua is a large basalt stone on Easter Island. Originally part of the Ahu Te Pito Kura archaeological complex in northeastern Easter Island. While the stone is of…

Ahu Vinapu

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…

Puna Pau

Puna Pau is a small extinct volcanic crater on Easter Island that served as the sole quarry for the red scoria (hani hani) used to carve pukao -- the cylindrical topknots placed…

Tahai Ceremonial Complex

The Tahai Ceremonial Complex is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia. Restored in 1974 by American archaeologist William Mulloy, Tahai comprises…

Orongo

Orongo is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui, positioned on the high south-westerly rim of the volcanic caldera Rano Kau. The site comprises…