Easter Island: the Tongariki and Mataveri Solar Observatories Used a Common Methodology

Abstract

Two additional positions of the famous Mataveri calendar of Easter Island have been interpreted. The information about the stars of the Virgo constellation has been obtained, too. As a result, the archaic Rapanui name of the star Spica and the Hawaiian name of this star have been compared.

Archaeoastronomy; 6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table; minor changes; references updated

References in corpus (2)

• The Astronomical and Ethnological Components of the Cult of Bird-Man on Easter Island
• On the Observations of the Sun in Polynesia

Cited by in corpus (3)

• The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Aldebaran and the Pleiades
• The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Venus and Aldebaran
• The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Canopus and the Legendary King Hotu-Matua