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Source Image: PR938_02_16_09 of Easter Island Quarry

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Description

A quarry face on Easter Island.

Monument
Easter Island Quarry 
Monument Type
Quarry 
Material(s)
Tuff (Visual identification)  
Date
circa ad 700 - circa ad 1400 
Keywords
Quarryface  
Collections
Easter Island  

Location

Current Location
Rana Rarako 

Evidence for working practices

Quarry Debris

Process
Quarrying
Description
The overgrown mounds between them are piles of debris generated by the quarrying process.

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Tool
Pick
Description
The individual quarries are located at the bottom of the main cliff, stepped into the hillside.

Notes

A part of the Outer quarries of a volcano.

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