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The lecturer forms
the argument that the ideas mentioned in the reading passage about moai are flawed. In stark contrast, the reading passage claims
that these statues were built can be explained by three different theories.
To begin with,
the lecturer asserts that the moai may not have been built each year as a
trophy for an annual competition between rival chiefs. To be specific, there
are far more statues than the equivalent of one per each year. Actually there
are 900 statues instead of 500. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim
that the moai may have been constructed every year as a spoils of war for an annual
battle between competitive headmen.
Furthermore, the
lecturer maintains that the moai didn’t served as intermediary beings that
helped facilitate communication between humans on the ground and the gods in
the heavens. In particular, the direction of their gaze is far from universal.
Moreover, there is no reason that the statues are religious since any religious
artifacts or structures were found. This refutes the reading passage, which
states that the moai acted as meditators that assisted effective communication
between mankind on the ground and the gods in the heavens.
Finally, the
lecturer contends that the moai were not built to honor the ancestors of the island’s
residents. To elaborate in detail, many of them face north or east which is the
exact opposite direction. Also, the DNA analysis proved that they are rather related
to Polynesians that lived north and south, not west. This detracts the reading
passage’s argument that the moai were made to respect the ascendants of the
island’s dwellers. |