Ahu Akivi is an ahu with seven moai on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia. The ahu and its moai were restored in 1960 by the American archaeologist William Mulloy and his Chilean colleague, Gonzalo Figueroa García-Huidobro. Mulloy's work on the Akivi-Vaiteka Complex was supported by the Fulbright Foundation and by grants from the University of Wyoming, the University of Chile and the International Fund for Monuments. Ahu Akivi also gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park.
They all directly face sunset during Spring and Autumn Equinox;
and all their backs face sunrise during Spring and Autumn
Equinox.
Unlike other Rapa Nui ceremonial centers with ahu, the
Akivi-Vaiteka Complex is not located on the coast. In contrast to
the monumental statuary at other sites on the island, the moai at
Ahu Akivi face the ocean.
References
- Mulloy, W.T. 1968. Preliminary Report of Archaeological Field
Work, February-July, 1968, Easter Island. New York, N.Y.: Easter
Island Committee, International Fund for Monuments.
- Mulloy, W.T., and G. Figueroa. 1978. The A Kivi-Vai Teka
Complex and its Relationship to Easter Island Architectural
Prehistory. Honolulu: Social Science Research Institute,
University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- Mulloy, W.T., and S.R. Fischer. 1993. Easter Island Studies:
Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William T.
Mulloy. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
- Mulloy, W.T., World Monuments Fund, and Easter Island
Foundation. 1995. The Easter Island Bulletins of William
Mulloy. New York; Houston: World Monuments Fund; Easter Island
Foundation.
- Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the
East Pacific, T. Heyerdahl, E.N. Ferdon, W.T. Mulloy, A.
Skjølsvold, C.S. Smith. 1961. Archaeology of Easter Island.
Stockholm; Santa Fe, N.M.: Forum Pub. House; distributed by The
School of American Research.
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