Where: French Polynesia (23.2° S, 135.0° W: paleocoordinates 23.2° S, 135.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• A series of 13 radiocarbon dates indicates initial occupation beginning around AD 1300 and more-or-less continual use of the rockshelter (probably intermittently) until European contact.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Rigal, P. V. Kirch, and T. H. Worthy. 2018. New prehistoric avifaunas from the Gambier Group, French Polynesia. Palaeontologia Electronica 21(3.4A):1-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 198026: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.12.2018

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