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 198024: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater | |
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel | |
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern |