Nqe lus piav txog kev nyiam
Moai yog tib neeg cov duab kos los ntawm pob zeb ntawm 1250 thiab 1500 thiab nyob ntawm Chilean Easter Island (Rapa Nui). Yuav luag ib nrab ntawm lawv tseem nyob ntawm qhov chaw qis ntawm Rano Raraku qhov av tawg ntawm Terevaka roob hluav taws. Qee qhov raug faus ib nrab, qee qhov tseem "tab tom tsim", thiab ntau pua tau raug tshem tawm ntawm qhov ntawd thiab teeb tsa ntawm cov pob zeb uas hu ua ahu, nyob ib puag ncig ntawm cov kob. Yuav luag txhua moai muaj lub taub hau loj, peb-yim ntawm qhov loj ntawm tag nrho tus pej thuam. Moai feem ntau muaj lub ntsej muag nyob ntawm cov poj koob yawm txwv.
Siab moai hu ua "paro" - lawv yuav luag 10 m siab thiab hnyav ntau dua 80 tons. Ib qho duab puab tsis tiav, thaum ua tiav, yuav tsum yog kwv yees li 21 m siab thiab hnyav txog 270 tons. Qhov nruab nrab qhov siab ntawm moai yog li 4 m, txoj kab uas hla yog 1.6 m. Cov kev tsim loj heev no, raws li txoj cai, hnyav 12, 5 tons.
Tag nrho 53,887 moai paub txog hnub tau muab txua los ntawm cov tuff (compressed volcanic ash) ntawm Rano Raruku. Kuj tseem muaj 13 moai carved los ntawm basalt, 22 los ntawm trachyte thiab 17 los ntawm nkig liab slag.
Cov pej thuam Easter Island tau paub txog lawv qhov loj, lub qhov ntswg dav thiab lub puab tsaig loj, pob ntseg pob ntseg thiab qhov muag tob tob. Lawv lub cev feem ntau zaum zaum, txhais caj npab, tsis muaj ceg.
Xyoo 1979, Sergio Rapu Haoa thiab pab pawg kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm pom tias hemispherical lossis tob elliptical qhov muag qhov muag tau tsim los tuav lub qhov muag coral, nrog rau cov menyuam dub lossis liab los ntawm cov slag. Tab sis dhau sijhawm, cov tub ntxhais xim ntawm cov duab puab tau ploj mus.
Qee tus moai hnav lub kaus mom pukao ntawm lawv lub taub hau thiab tau muab txua los ntawm cov nplaim hluav taws liab liab (lub teeb ci heev los ntawm Puna Pau chaw txua txiag zeb). Liab suav tias yog xim dawb ceev hauv Polynesia. Qhov ntxiv ntawm lub kaus mom pukao tau tsa cov xwm txheej ntawm moai.
Ntau tus kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm kwv yees tias cov mlom mlai yog cov cim ntawm lub zog thiab lub zog, ob qho kev ntseeg thiab kev nom kev tswv. Cov kws tshawb fawb keeb kwm ntseeg tias cov mlom yog qhov piv txwv ntawm Polynesian cov poj koob yawm txwv thaum ub. Cov pej thuam moai, uas tig rov los ntawm dej hiav txwv thiab tig mus rau cov zos, zoo li tau saib tib neeg. Qhov kev zam yog xya Ahu Akivi, uas saib mus rau hiav txwv los pab cov neeg taug kev pom cov kob. Muaj cov lus dab neeg hais tias muaj xya leej neeg uas tau tos kom lawv tus huab tais tuaj txog nyab xeeb ntawm cov kob Rapa Nui.
