Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile 12 Jul 2013 | 09:05 pm

Megalithic Stone Sculpture from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) In the collection of the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago de Chile Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D. Cristián Arévalo Pakarati  Informal D...

Fly to our Excavation Site! 11 Jun 2012 | 04:03 am

EISP Mission Statement 24 May 2012 | 12:18 pm

The Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) was founded by Jo Anne Van Tilburg in 1982. Since 2000 she has served as EISP co-director with her Rapa Nui colleague, Cristián Arévalo Pakarati. Their collabor...

Meet our EISP Excavation Crew! 23 May 2012 | 02:12 pm

Jo Anne Van Tilburg and Cristián Arévalo Pakarati lead an all-Rapa Nui crew and core staff consisting of Dario Ika Paoa, excavator; Patricio Rodrigo Madariaga Paoa, excavator; Vaiheri Tuki Haoa, photo...

Field Season V 8 Dec 2011 | 03:37 pm

  Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Season V Excavation Summary RR-001-156 and Square 4, RR-001-157 Jo Anne Van Tilburg November 2011 Introduction This report is another in a series...

Join Us in a Monumental Task 1 Sep 2011 | 03:00 am

Save the Easter Island Statues Dear Friends, Through a methodical archaeological survey we have accomplished the digital mapping of Rano Raraku statue quarry, documented over one thousand statues thro...

Field Season IV 17 Aug 2011 | 08:19 am

Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Preliminary Report July-August 2011 Project Target Statues The target statues from the inception of this project are RR-001-156 and RR-001-157, bot...

Conservation Report Season II 12 Jul 2011 | 09:45 am

Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Mission Dr. Christian Fischer and Ms. Monica Bahamondez P. May 14- 26 Introduction The main objectives of this mission, carried out with the assistance of Cri...

Conservation Report Season I 7 Apr 2011 | 11:11 am

Environmental Monitoring and Conservation Mission Dr. Christian Fischer and Ms. Monica Bahamondez P. March 8-16, 2011 Introduction The main objective of this mission, carried out with the assistance o...

Field Season III 22 Mar 2011 | 07:52 am

Easter Island Statue Project Conservation Initiative Preliminary Report February 2011 Introduction This report is the third in a series documenting the implementation of permitted excavations in Rano ...