Where: Micronesia, Federated States of (9.8° N, 140.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 140.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Five natural layers were recognized. The rich collection of artifacts from this square contains Tridacna shell adzes, Cassis shell tools, perforated shark teeth, a trolling lure shank of red Spondylus shell, pieces of single fishhooks of turtle carapace, and about 80 potsherds. Excavation was halted at a depth of 1.3 m in Layer 5, a culturally sterile white beach sand. The eastern corner was excavated 0.3 m deeper into a very coarse beach sand that also lacked cultural evidence.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Intoh in 1991

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman and M. Intoh. 1994. Biogeography and prehistoric exploitation of birds from Fais Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Pacific Science 48:116-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194652: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2018

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