Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)

Carl Philipp Lipo, Terry L. Hunt, Gina Pakarati, Thomas Pingel, Noah Simmons, Kevin Heard, Laryssa Shipley, Caroline Keller, Colin Omilanowski

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336251
Published: 2025-11-26
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Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0336251,
  title = {Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)},
  author = {Carl Philipp Lipo and Terry L. Hunt and Gina Pakarati and Thomas Pingel and Noah Simmons and Kevin Heard and Laryssa Shipley and Caroline Keller and Colin Omilanowski},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0336251},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336251}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)
AU  - Carl Philipp Lipo
AU  - Terry L. Hunt
AU  - Gina Pakarati
AU  - Thomas Pingel
AU  - Noah Simmons
AU  - Kevin Heard
AU  - Laryssa Shipley
AU  - Caroline Keller
AU  - Colin Omilanowski
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0336251
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Lipo, C. P., Hunt, T. L., Pakarati, G., Pingel, T., Simmons, N., Heard, K., Shipley, L., Keller, C., & Omilanowski, C. (2025). Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0336251

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