Multiple theories exist as to how these massive statuesthought to represent the spirits of the islanders ancestors or chiefswere moved into position miles from where they were quarried.

• 关于这些表现岛上居民祖先或首领灵魂的庞大雕像是如何被从其开采地移动到数英里之外位置的原因，现有多种理论存在。