Paul Horley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248430 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Horley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Horley |
| SIGNATURE | HORLEY P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New visualization method for cranial carvings of Rapanui wooden figurines
Precontact culture of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) produced wooden figurines carved with attention to detail and featuring careful surface polishing. These figurines depict humans and akuaku spirits. Male figurines usually have bald heads adorned with elaborate designs carved in low relief, depicting human beings, fishes, birds, chimerical creatures, or material objects of Rapanui culture. As cranial carvings swirl around the head of the figurine, it…
The rongorongo tablet from Berlin and the time-depth of Easter Island’s writing system
Rongorongo is a non-deciphered writing system from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Because the island was isolated from the outside world until relatively recently, rongorongo has the potential of being one of only a few instances in human history of an independent invention of writing. However, no scientific consensus exists regarding the time span for when rongorongo was used. Its cessation in the 1860s is well-known but its origins are not. Here, we…
Rapanui paddles and the bountiful sea
Rapanui paddles used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are unusual in that they are composite; their pararaha ‘blades’ are of a very particular shape that has no parallels on other Polynesian islands. Museum collections contain at least ten paddle blades collected in the late nineteenth century, all of them featuring a longitudinal upright that ends in a rounded bulge. The back side of the blade can be flat, slightly concave or carved wi…
The replicas of rongorongo objects in the musée du quai Branly (Paris)
This paper presents a detailed analysis of 29 casts of inscribed tablets from Easter Island in the collections of musée du quai Branly. The major number of the casts covers the tablets from the Congregations of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Rome). Two sets of casts document Saint Petersburg tablets. The remaining casts represent two Washington tablets, two Vienna tablets, two Santiago tablets as well as two artefacts from the British Museu…
Rongorongo tablet from the Ethnological Museum, Berlin
This paper aims to improve documentation of the rongorongo tablet VI 4878 from the Berlin Ethnological Museum. For the first time (to the best of our knowledge), we present the detailed digital photographs of the entire artifact almost at the original scale. The computer enhancement of these images helped to produce improved tracings that surpass the tracings published by Adolf Bastian (1883), Thomas Barthel (1958) and Steven Fischer (1997) by th…
Documentation of the sacred precinct of Mata Ngarau ('Orongo, Easter Island) in the late 19th-early 20th century
A study of various early photographs of the petroglyphs at 'Orongo taken by several 19th century visitors to Easter Island enabled us to identify some missing carved stones from the ceremonial site, Mata Ngarau. After comparing photographs from the different expeditions, we discovered that a large carved boulder was missing - apparently lost to the sea somewhere between 1904 and 1914. In addition, further study also showed that considerable parts…
Lunar calendar in rongorongo texts and rock art of Easter Island
This paper analyzes the Mamari lunar calendar using paleographic, astronomical and ethnological data. It confirms that the two last crescents of the calendar correspond to moonless nights. Two small superscript crescents (thought to represent insertion of intercalary nights) have a clear paleographic explanation. Thus, the Mamari calendar consists of 30 nights in full agreement with astronomy and other Polynesian calendars. Studies of Rapa Nui pe…
The rongorongo tablet from Berlin and the time-depth of Easter Island’s writing system
Rongorongo is a non-deciphered writing system from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Because the island was isolated from the outside world until relatively recently, rongorongo has the potential of being one of only a few instances in human history of an independent invention of writing. However, no scientific consensus exists regarding the time span for when rongorongo was used. Its cessation in the 1860s is well-known but its origins are not. Here, we…
The replicas of rongorongo objects in the musée du quai Branly (Paris)
This paper presents a detailed analysis of 29 casts of inscribed tablets from Easter Island in the collections of musée du quai Branly. The major number of the casts covers the tablets from the Congregations of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Rome). Two sets of casts document Saint Petersburg tablets. The remaining casts represent two Washington tablets, two Vienna tablets, two Santiago tablets as well as two artefacts from the British Museu…
Rongorongo tablet from the Ethnological Museum, Berlin
This paper aims to improve documentation of the rongorongo tablet VI 4878 from the Berlin Ethnological Museum. For the first time (to the best of our knowledge), we present the detailed digital photographs of the entire artifact almost at the original scale. The computer enhancement of these images helped to produce improved tracings that surpass the tracings published by Adolf Bastian (1883), Thomas Barthel (1958) and Steven Fischer (1997) by th…
Lunar calendar in rongorongo texts and rock art of Easter Island
This paper analyzes the Mamari lunar calendar using paleographic, astronomical and ethnological data. It confirms that the two last crescents of the calendar correspond to moonless nights. Two small superscript crescents (thought to represent insertion of intercalary nights) have a clear paleographic explanation. Thus, the Mamari calendar consists of 30 nights in full agreement with astronomy and other Polynesian calendars. Studies of Rapa Nui pe…
Lunar calendar in rongorongo texts and rock art of Easter Island
This paper analyzes the Mamari lunar calendar using paleographic, astronomical and ethnological data. It confirms that the two last crescents of the calendar correspond to moonless nights. Two small superscript crescents (thought to represent insertion of intercalary nights) have a clear paleographic explanation. Thus, the Mamari calendar consists of 30 nights in full agreement with astronomy and other Polynesian calendars. Studies of Rapa Nui pe…
Rongorongo tablet from the Ethnological Museum, Berlin
This paper aims to improve documentation of the rongorongo tablet VI 4878 from the Berlin Ethnological Museum. For the first time (to the best of our knowledge), we present the detailed digital photographs of the entire artifact almost at the original scale. The computer enhancement of these images helped to produce improved tracings that surpass the tracings published by Adolf Bastian (1883), Thomas Barthel (1958) and Steven Fischer (1997) by th…
Documentation of the sacred precinct of Mata Ngarau ('Orongo, Easter Island) in the late 19th-early 20th century
A study of various early photographs of the petroglyphs at 'Orongo taken by several 19th century visitors to Easter Island enabled us to identify some missing carved stones from the ceremonial site, Mata Ngarau. After comparing photographs from the different expeditions, we discovered that a large carved boulder was missing - apparently lost to the sea somewhere between 1904 and 1914. In addition, further study also showed that considerable parts…
The replicas of rongorongo objects in the musée du quai Branly (Paris)
This paper presents a detailed analysis of 29 casts of inscribed tablets from Easter Island in the collections of musée du quai Branly. The major number of the casts covers the tablets from the Congregations of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Rome). Two sets of casts document Saint Petersburg tablets. The remaining casts represent two Washington tablets, two Vienna tablets, two Santiago tablets as well as two artefacts from the British Museu…
The rongorongo tablet from Berlin and the time-depth of Easter Island’s writing system
Rongorongo is a non-deciphered writing system from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Because the island was isolated from the outside world until relatively recently, rongorongo has the potential of being one of only a few instances in human history of an independent invention of writing. However, no scientific consensus exists regarding the time span for when rongorongo was used. Its cessation in the 1860s is well-known but its origins are not. Here, we…
Rapanui paddles and the bountiful sea
Rapanui paddles used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are unusual in that they are composite; their pararaha ‘blades’ are of a very particular shape that has no parallels on other Polynesian islands. Museum collections contain at least ten paddle blades collected in the late nineteenth century, all of them featuring a longitudinal upright that ends in a rounded bulge. The back side of the blade can be flat, slightly concave or carved wi…
New visualization method for cranial carvings of Rapanui wooden figurines
Precontact culture of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) produced wooden figurines carved with attention to detail and featuring careful surface polishing. These figurines depict humans and akuaku spirits. Male figurines usually have bald heads adorned with elaborate designs carved in low relief, depicting human beings, fishes, birds, chimerical creatures, or material objects of Rapanui culture. As cranial carvings swirl around the head of the figurine, it…
Art (6 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · History (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Documentation (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works)