Where: Papua New Guinea (3.2° S, 151.9° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 151.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• An excavation (1 3 1 m) reached bedrock at ~1.6-m depth. Sparsely scattered Holocene material seems to be disturbed, judging from the 14C dates. The underlying Pleistocene deposits are largely intact. Although further excavation and dating are required, initial studies of the site indicate early, sparse occupation after 32,000 B.P., periodic abandonments, and increased occupation in the terminal Pleistocene epoch.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, J. P. White, and J. Allen. 1999. Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: extinctions on a large Melanesian island. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96:2563-2568 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 194695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2018

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