| Lecturers | Mr. Claudio Cristino Archaeologist and Anthropologist from the University of Chile. He did extensive specialization in the Pacific and is currently pursuing other academic degrees at the University of Paris. For the last three decades, associated with the University of Chile, he was Easter Island's resident archaeologist. He participated in the restoration of the famous birdman cult ceremonial site of Orongo and excavated and restored several other monuments as well. From the mid 80's to 1990, he lived and worked in French Polynesia associated with the Department of Archaeology of the Centre Polynesien des Sciences Humaines, contributing to the organization of the Archaeological Survey of French Polynesia and was involved in several major restorations of ceremonial sites at Papeno'o, Aiurua and Vaihiria valleys (Tahiti). He also explored and studied in several islands of the Societies, Marquesas, Australs and Tuamotu archipelagoes. |
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