Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.1° N, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 61.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Five stratigraphically concordant radiocarbon ages range from 2560 +/- 70 yr B.P. in upper vertical unit to 4300 +/- 150 yr B.P. in the lower vertical unit"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• there are "shell remains of molluscan food items and several lithic artifacts, including a blade from the horizontal portion of the fissure associated with a radiocarbon age of 3695 +/- 100 yr B.P."

Preservation: bone collector

Collected in 1980 - 1983

Collection methods: quarrying,

• sediment was "excavated"

Primary reference: D. W. Steadman, G. K. Pregill, and S. L. Olson. 1984. Fossil vertebrates from Antigua, Lesser Antilles: evidence for late Holocene human-caused extinctions in the West Indies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 81:4448-4451 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94615: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.03.2010

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