Certainly not in a direct way. The fine fitting of stone for these kinds of structures (marae, heiau, ahu) is found widely in East Polynesia. It is also a bit of a facade: the stones meet together only at the very face. They are not cut blocks in the way that large South American versions are.
Given the evidence of deeper time contact of East Polynesians with South America it is possible that aspects of the form are copied. Polynesians brought SA genetics and the sweet potato back to spread across Polynesia.. perhaps stone carving forms too? The key is that this is Polynesian
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