[IYAS9YAS]

"They lead – from different parts of the island – to the Rano Raraku volcano where the Moai were quarried.

and

And as the roads approach Rano Raraku, the statues become more frequent – which the team say, indicated an increasing grades of holiness.

Leads this non archeologist to beleive that you find more statues near the quarry cuz they were big, heavy s.o.b.s that took a lot to move, not because the site was more holy.

[SengirV]

If they were tossed haphazardly, yes. If they all have the same orientation(facing people on the road, facing a common location, etc...), perhaps not.

[Miss Marple]

"They lead – from different parts of the island – to the Rano Raraku volcano where the Moai were quarried.

and

And as the roads approach Rano Raraku, the statues become more frequent – which the team say, indicated an increasing grades of holiness.

Leads this non archeologist to believe that you find more statues near the quarry cuz they were big, heavy s.o.b.s that took a lot to move, not because the site was more holy.

Agree. I had the same thought as I read that.

Of course, we don't get a professional publication for our theories.