▶ Your Answer :The lecturer forms the arguement that we aren't getting any closer to solving why moai were built. In stark contrast, the reading passage claims that there are three opinions for why moai were constructed.
To begin with, the lecturer asserts that the idea that the statues were made to reward competition is easy to discount. To be specific, the number of statues exceeds the number when we count one per year. 900 statues over 5 centuries. This doesn't add up. This casts doubt on the reading passage's claim that moai were made to congradulate triumph every year.
Furthermore, the lecturer maintains that the claim that moai were intermediate between human and divne has problems. In particular, moai's direction of gaze is far from universal. Also, the mounds standing near the moai doesn't have any evidence of religous ceremonies. This refutes the reading passage, which states that moai were beings that connected humans and gods.
Finally, the lecturer contends that the idea that moai were reverence for ancestors is too farfetched. To elaborate in detail, many moai face north and east not only west. Moreover, the DNA is related to polynesians who also setteled north and south. This makes us hard to confirm that original inhabitants came from the west. This detracts from the reading passage's arguement that moai were built to worship ancestors. |