The location of two important Easter Island ahu, one with a seaward face of close-fitted blocks of stone, similar to Inca masonry in Peru, the other of normal Easter Island type. The architectural history of the Vinapu ahu suggests that the Easter Island temple structures are of fully Polynesian origin, with a possibility of some fairly late and ephemeral influence from a South American (Inca) source.
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