Fa'ahia

- 16.709444444444 - 151.03777777778Koordinaten: 16 ° 42 ' 34 "S, 151 ° 2' 16 " W

Faahia, sometimes referred to as Vaitootia, is an archaeological and paleontological locality in the north of the island Huahine in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. It is located 600 m northwest of the capital Fare in the Baie de Cook. Your stratigraphic age is dated to the period 700-1200 AD. The fact that the majority of the site is under water, are the artifacts made ​​of organic material, well preserved. These include Axtgriffe, canoe parts and Patus. Also known as paleontological reference Faahia enjoys international reputation. Subfossil bird bones are well preserved and provided new information on the avifauna of the island of Huahine, at the time when it was colonized by humans. Several excavations were conducted 1973-1984 by the American anthropologist Yosihiko H. Sinoto Bernice P. Bishop Museum from which could point to the fact that even small islands had a great wealth of bird species.

Avifauna

The subfossil remains of bird species represent those that were hunted by early Polynesian settlers for their meat, their bones and their feathers. Worldwide extinct species that are known from the reference Faahia consisting of Rail species Gallirallus storrsolsoni and Porphyrio mcnabi, the species of pigeons Gallicolumba nui and Macropygia arevarevauupa, the parrot species Vini sinotoi and Vini Vidivici, the Huahine -Star ( Aplonis diluvialis ) and Huahine Gull ( Chroicocephalus utunui ). The remains of locally missing species include the Long -billed reed warbler (Acrocephalus caffer ), the scarlet macaw ( Butorides striata ), the South Pacific Crake ( Porzana tabuensis ), the Tahiti Dove ( Gallicolumba erythroptera ), the Marquesasfruchttaube ( Ducula galeata ), the Aurora fruit dove ( Ducula aurorae ), the wedge-tailed shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus ), Christmas shearwater ( Puffinus Nativitatis ), the Audubonsturmtaucher ( Puffinus lherminieri ), the Tahiti Petrel ( Pseudobulweria rostrata ), the Phoenix Petrel ( Pterodroma alba), Trinidad Petrel ( Pterodroma arminjoniana ), the white-bellied dolt (Sula leucogaster ), the red-footed boobies (Sula sula ), the Great Frigatebird ( Fregata minor), the Arielfregattvogel ( Fregata ariel ) and the Weißkopfnoddi ( Anous minutus).