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Source Image: PR938_02_23_14 of Easter Island Quarry

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Description

A series of small quarrying sections.

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

Location

Current Location
Rana Rarako 

Evidence for working practices

1. Quarry-face

Process
Quarrying
Tool
Pick
Description
These small sections of quarry-face, each about 1 m wide, seem to have been worked by different quarrymen using stone picks or axes.

Notes

This is a view of the Outer quarries.

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