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Fagatele Bay Site

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NRHP Reference #
  
87001958

Added to NRHP
  
2 June 1997

Area
  
9,300 m²

Nearest city
  
Futiga

The Fagatele Bay Site is an archaeological site on the shore of Fagatele Bay on the south side of Tutuila, the main island of the United States territory of American Samoa. The site shows evidence of habitation from prehistoric to historic times, and is well preserved in part because of the relative difficulty of land access to the area. It has ten distinct features, including raised platforms, stone walls, and a stone-line path. In one feature, interpreted as a house site, a complete prehistoric-era adze was found. When surveyed in 1985, these features could not be chronologically organized or correlated.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

References

Fagatele Bay Site Wikipedia