The Quest for Information Retrieval

An Inscribed Relic From Ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island) - Part Ii

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5779230
AutoresTomi S Melka (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Robert M Schoch (University of Massachusetts Boston)
Ano2021
Volume30
Fascículo2
Páginas405-450
Data de publicação2021-11-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1335-1257 • E-ISSN: 2585-8793
EditoraCentral Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31577/aassav.2021.30.2.06
OpenAlexW4226115674
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas22

In Part I of this article (Melka and Schoch 2021), 1 we described an antique wooden artifact from Easter Island, known as the "Lutz-Terasaki fragment", that bears a single rongorongo glyph.Here we focus further on the "Lutz-Terasaki fragment", gleaning as much evidence as we can by resorting to a complex analysis.The ethno-linguistic, epigraphic, and xylological data pointthus fartoward the remains of an artifact of utilitarian and/or ritualistic scope.In order to exhaust every potentiality regarding the "Lutz-Terasaki fragment" and the meaning of the glyph that it bears, we must consider similar contexts that may appear in the future if other artifacts are located bearing the same or a similar glyph.It is acknowledged that in the absence of new corroborating evidence, even the best-formed hypotheses concerning rongorongo glyphs and sequences may stretch too thin and, quite often, be summarily dismissed or simply ignored.Continuing investigation and rational conversation with scholars of Rapa Nui, we have found to our profit, are efficacious ways to respond to hypothetical settings.To suggest otherwise would be highly arguable or erroneous

Inscribed figure · African history and culture analysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories