


While at Easter Island, he made ethnological observations, which he later published as Die Osterinsel und ihre praehistorischen Monumente. Many places, including the Easter Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, as a part of his shipboard training. Of Pola, he made several extensive training voyages, which took him During his time in the Imperial and Royal Academy Pula) for the position of Naval Military Engineer in theĪustro-Hungarian Navy. After his father'sĭeath, Posnansky studied in Imperial and Royal Academy of Pola (now His interest inĬognate studies ended when his father suddenly died.

This time, was deeply involved in cognate studies. He helped his father in his business as a manufacturing chemist. He was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 13, 1873. Posnansky's writings about the Tiwanaku Site have also been made popular by authors such as Graham Hancock, Charles Hapgood, and Rand Flem-Ath, who rely on Posnansky's dating of the Tiwanaku Site to support their theories. Outside of Bolivia, where he is still widely read. He is well known for his books, including Tihuanacu, the Cradle of American Man, Campana de Acre, La Lancha "Iris", Die Osterinsel und ihre praehistorischen Monumente, and Rasas y Monummtos Prehistoricos del Altiplano Andino. Researcher and for his active participation in the defense andĭevelopment of Bolivia. Various times in his life an engineer, explorer, ship's navigator,ĭirector of a river navigation company, entrepreneur, La Paz cityĬouncil member, and well known and well respected avocational archaeologist.ĭuring his lifetime, Posnansky was known as a prolific writer and Photograph of Arthur Posnansky from Campana del Acre: la lancha "Iris" aventuras y peregrinacionesĪrthur Posnansky (1873 - 1946), often called "Arturo", was at
