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)
• Of six natural strata (numbered top to bottom), Layers 2 and 3 appear to represent the primary period of occupation. Layer 2 was dated at A.D. 781-1020 (Table 1). The lower part of Layer 3 contains several pit features that intrude Layers 4 through 6. A lure shank made of pearl shell from Layer 3 is very similar to those from the central Solomon Islands. Two charcoal samples from Layer 3 were dated at A.D. 560-870 and A.D. 442-768 (Table 1). This age is older than that obtained for Layer 3 of FSFA-2 (see below), which is artifactually similar to Layer 3 of FSFA-l. Considering the stratigraphically mixed condition of much of Layers 3-6 at FSFA-I, this date could possibly represent a stratum lower than Layer 3. Layer 6 is a culturally sterile white beach sand with several thin grayish cemented layers. Excavation ceased when the sand became wet and cemented at a depth of 3 m.
• 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 194650: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Phaethon lepturus Daudin 1802 white-tailed tropicbird | |
Ducula oceanica, "Gallicolumba cf. xanthonura" = Alopecoenas xanthonurus
Ducula oceanica Desmarest 1826 Micronesian imperial-pigeon
"Gallicolumba cf. xanthonura" = Alopecoenas xanthonurus Temminck 1823 white-throated ground-dove | |
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby | |
Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird
Fregata ariel Gray 1845 Lesser frigatebird | |
Tringa erythropus Pallas 1764 spotted redshank
Numenius phaeopus Linnaeus 1758 whimbrel
Heteroscelus sp. Baird 1858 snipe | |
Pluvialis dominica Mueller 1776 American golden plover | |
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus, "Sterna lunata" = Onychoprion lunatus, Anous minutus, "Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus, Anous stolidus, "Gygis candida" = Gygis alba candida, Sterna sp., Sterna sumatrana, Sterninae indet.
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern
"Sterna lunata" = Onychoprion lunatus Peale 1848 gray-backed tern
Anous minutus Boie 1844 black noddy
"Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus Bennett 1840 blue-gray noddy
Anous stolidus Linnaeus 1758 brown noddy
"Gygis candida" = Gygis alba candida Gmelin 1789 Pacific white tern
Sterna sp. Linnaeus 1758 tern
Sterna sumatrana Raffles 1822 black-naped tern
Sterninae indet. Bonaparte 1838 tern | |
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 chicken |