HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. As every experienced fieldworker knows, the most difficult task in social anthropological fieldwork is to determine the meaning of a few key words, upon an understanding of which the success of the whole investigation depends. – E. E. Evans-Pritchard HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, is an international peer-reviewed, open-access journal which aims to situate ethnography as the prime heuristic of anthropology, and return it to the forefront of conceptual developments in the discipline. The journal is motivated by the need to reinstate ethnographic theorization in contemporary anthropology as a potent alternative to its 'explanation' or 'contextualization' by philosophical arguments, moves which have resulted in a loss of the discipline’s distinctive theoretical nerve.
Welcome to Open Access Anthropology. Zero Anthropology Project. Top 100 Anthropology Blogs. Digital Ethnography - @ Kansas State University. Living Anthropologically. The statues of Easter Island could have "walked" into place. There've been various mechanisms proposed for moving the moai.
Another suggested technique involved sliding them on a layer of small round rocks, and then raising them upright by piling small rocks underneath them, lifting them a little, piling more rocks under them, and so on. This always seemed plausible to me as - having hiked across Easter Island - I can confirm that the island has an abundant supply of small round rocks. Moreover, they roll extremely well, particularly if you're unlucky enough to put your foot down on them. (insert unhappy face) I'm not sure that all the moai have the long-bodied form. There's a group on a temple platform at Ane Kena which, if I remember correctly, were set upright by islanders under the direction of Thor Heyerdahl. It's quite possible that there were not only different designs, but different techniques for moving them.
Incidentally, many of them also had stylish red 'hats' made out of a different stone.