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Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Sacrificial Stones

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In the rear of some of the best-preserved platforms are stones said to have been erected for sacrificial purposes. These altars consist of a single shaft, generally of vesicular lava, but in some cases cut from the material of which the images and crowns were, made. They range in height from 5 to 10 feet, squared to 3½ or 4 feet on each face, and stand in the center of a terrace paved with smooth bowlders.

Te Pito Te Henua, or Easter Island: Sacrificial Stones

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