There are TONS of unfinished moai still in the quarry. I've seen plenty of unfinished, half-carved statues there. Many of the broken and restored moai were pull

There are TONS of unfinished moai still in the quarry. I've seen plenty of unfinished, half-carved statues there. Many of the broken and restored moai were pulled down and broke at the neck, which would imply that they were not set down gently. I thought the rise of the birdman cult had something to do with giving up on creating new moai. That would have been a fun contest: annual swim out to a sharp rock where you have to steal a bird egg and bring it back to shore. But the water was shark infested and your fellow competitors would try to stab you to get the sharks riled up. In any case, Rapa Nui/Easter Island is an amazing place with a fascinating history.