Considering Earliest Site-Dating at Unai Bapot in Saipan

Carson, Mike T.

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Considering Earliest Site-Dating at Unai Bapot in Saipan

Date

2014

Authors

Carson, Mike T.

Abstract

So far the oldest confirmed dating of a habitation site in the Mariana Islands has been at Unai Bapot in Saipan, slightly older than 1500 B.C. Currently, this site ranks as the oldest in all of Remote Oceania, so the dating details deserve close scrutiny. Confident early dating raises questions about possibly even earlier human presence in the remote Mariana Islands.