Carl Lipo

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Carl Lipo: Archaeologist, mover of giant statues, remote sensing geek, AllRecipes.com cofounder. Professor of Anthropology, Associate Dean for Research and Programs, Binghamton University. Secretary and board member, Southern Tier Land Conservancy.

Red blimp and green grass
Stone adze
Birdman paintings on cave wall
Fish and shark petroglyphs
Ahu Nau Nau
An ahu with the sun rising in the background
Trachyte moai
Moai head fragment
Ahu sea wall
Moai in pits — a grassy slope.
A landscape photo
Moai on sled and rollers
A moai
Ahu Tongariki
Moai face
Ahu and shoreline
Moai on its face
People pulling on ropes to move a moai
Moai base with petroglyph
Moai base
The base of a Moai
Ahu Tongariki
Petroglyphs on the seawall of Ahu Nau Nau
Moai transport efforts
An excavation pit
Two videos of moai being moved in a upright fashion
An ahu with 7 moai and the ocean in the background
Coral slab uprights in sand
Large coral upright monuments
Aerial photo of Hanga Roa with ocean to the right
Moai face down on a grassy and rocky field
Moai road with rocks fallen in center — stretched into the distance
Satellite image of Ontong Java
A clear path amongst the rocks to delineate the moai road.
Moai
Moai face
Small moai
Road moai on back looking from the top
Moai profile
A cinder cone and grassy landscape
A face carved in to bedrock
A series of moai in the bedrock
Statue torso in green grass
Carved Birdman figures on basalt boulders
A rocky islet surrounded by ocean
Basalt stone foundation and brown grass
Ahu with moai and the sun rising in the background
Teeth gnaw marks on the edge of a palm nut
Moai buried to the nose
A moai in profile
Rounded boulders of basalt
Ahu with broken moai
A constructed wall that prevents waves from flowing over groundwater access points
The coast with a paving of smooth boulders
Moai torso on the coast
A moai on the shore
Side view of moai head
Red scoria cylinders on the shore
Blimp and camera