This means that approximately 42% of the sites with potbelly sculptures have examples with pedestals.
The presence of pedestal bases is also a feature that argues for a rulership interpretation of potbelly sculptures.
Head-only potbellies are indicative of the style even though they are not associated with a potbelly body.
When these factors are taken into consideration, it is plausible that potbelly sculpture represents either individual rulers or the concept of rulership.
The sites at which potbelly sculptures occur are well-known ceremonial centers.
The individual sites and the location of the potbelly sculptures within those sites can be associated with ceremonial importance.
In conclusion, we have attempted in this paper to create a groundwork categorization of potbelly material.
One can argue that the potbelly sculpture style is aptly named.
