# DiNapoli 2020: A model-based approach to the tempo of 'collapse': The case of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

> Robert J. DiNapoli, Timothy M. Rieth, Carl P. Lipo et al., 2020. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the tempo of monument building.

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# A model-based approach to the tempo of 'collapse': The case of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Robert J. DiNapoli, Timothy M. Rieth, Carl P. Lipo et al., 2020. _Journal of Archaeological Science_.

Bayesian modelling of construction dates for ahu shows monument building continued past European contact in 1722, against the claim that it stopped in a seventeenth-century collapse.

**Easter Island moai** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.jas.2020.105094](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105094)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the tempo of monument building.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Ahu construction dates and Bayesian models](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CTG39M47E7G/ahu-construction-dates-and-bayesian-models)

Dataset

DAT

[Ahu construction continued after 1722.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/evidence/EVD0CTG34882QYP/ahu-construction-continued-after-1722)

Evidence

EVD

[Jacob Roggeveen's ships reach the island](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/events/EVT0CTG2YMJ7ZXW/jacob-roggeveens-ships-reach-the-island)

EVT

[Jacob Roggeveen](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/people/FIG0CTG2XX45QFR/jacob-roggeveen)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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DiNapoli, R. J., Rieth, T. M., Lipo, C. P., & Hunt, T. L. (2020). A model-based approach to the tempo of 'collapse': The case of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Journal of Archaeological Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105094
```

[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105094)

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**SRC** 0CTG2SGG1Z2R

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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