Mana (Naitabale, Fiji)
Naitabale archaeological site on Moturiki Island, Fiji, where a University of the South Pacific/Fiji Museum team led by Chris Suri excavated 'Mana' in 2002 - a near-complete Lapita-culture female skeleton, the best-preserved Lapita-age skeleton found anywhere and the oldest human remains known from Fiji. Coordinate is island-level (Wikipedia infobox for Moturiki, -17.75/178.75, cross-checked against OSM's Moturiki island relation at -17.7489787/178.7390972, about 1.5km apart, consistent at this scale); no finer coordinate for the Naitabale site itself was found in either source.
Dated events and their evidence
- 800 BCE mainstream
Radiocarbon dating (Nagoya University and University of Waikato) of Mana's burial to around 800 BCE (9th century BCE), making her the oldest skeleton discovered in Fiji source
Where
17.7500° S, 178.7500° E
Sources
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.