# Hixon 2018: The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement

> Sean W. Hixon, Carl P. Lipo, Ben McMorran et al., 2018. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for how the pukao were placed.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2RS267H0/the-colossal-hats-pukao-of-monumental-statues-on-rapa-nui  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)Hixon 2018

**0**

# The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement

Sean W. Hixon, Carl P. Lipo, Ben McMorran et al., 2018. _Journal of Archaeological Science_.

The red scoria hats of up to 12 tonnes were rolled from the Puna Pau quarry and raised onto the statues by parbuckling up a ramp, as the hats' shapes and the ramps show.

**Easter Island moai** ArticleCopy of **[Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3CA20A4W/pukao-at-puna-pau-and-on-the-ahu)** doi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.011](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.011)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for how the pukao were placed.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3CA20A4W/pukao-at-puna-pau-and-on-the-ahu)

ART

[Pukao at Puna Pau and on the ahu: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/copies/CPY0CTG3E0R7DG7/pukao-at-puna-pau-and-on-the-ahu-document)

CPY

[The Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Hixon, S. W., Lipo, C. P., McMorran, B., & Hunt, T. L. (2018). The colossal hats (pukao) of monumental statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): Analyses of pukao variability, transport, and emplacement. Journal of Archaeological Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.011
```

[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.04.011)

Key

**SRC** 0CTG2RS267H0

Kind

Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

27 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published article

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2RS267H0/the-colossal-hats-pukao-of-monumental-statues-on-rapa-nui/csl.json)