Read the inhabitants of cultures like those of easter island

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The mystery of how the large stone figures were put into place on Easter Island (page 460 in textbook living with art) can really capture one's attention. What tools or process were used to position them? What purposes could they have? Will we ever know?

Why do you believe, based on your own ideas and on what you've read, the inhabitants of cultures like those of Easter Island and Mesoamerica undertook monumental works of architecture and sculpture despite the difficulties of accomplishing them? What other cultures already studied created similar works? How do the reasons for their works compare with those of the "New World" artists?

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