Where: Niue (19.1° S, 169.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 169.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• The only site where a prehuman fauna was certainly obtained as shown by conventional radiocarbon dates (NZA 5884, 4523 +/- 92 yrs BP; NZA 5885, 3447 +/- 75 yrs BP), and lack of Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans) in the deposit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Primary reference: T. H. Worthy, R. Walter, and A. J. Anderson. 1998. Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean. Notornis 45:177-190 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 193850: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2018

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