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archaeology of Easter Island
- In Easter Island: Archaeology of Easter Island
…busts also had huge cylindrical pukao (topknots) of red tuff placed on top of their slender heads. Most middle-period statues range from about 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 metres) in height, but the biggest among those formerly standing on top of an ahu was about 32 feet (10…
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