José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga

José Miguel Ramírez Aliaga is a Chilean archaeologist. Ramírez has carried out research into the possible pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact between Polynesians and Mapuches in Chile. That research line begun be investigated after Ramírez participated in an expedition headed by Thor Heyerdahl and organized by the Kon-Tiki Museum of Norway between 1987 and 1988. He was administrator of the Rapa Nui National Park in Easter Island between 1993 and 1999.