Maloata Village Site

	Maloata Village
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Tapua'ina, American Samoa
Area	997 acres (403 ha)
NRHP reference No.	87001955
Added to NRHP	June 12, 1997

The Maloata Village Site is a prehistoric village site on the northwestern coast of the island of Tutuila in the United States territory of American Samoa. The archaeologically sensitive site includes a variety of stone features, principally stone fences and retaining walls, with evidence from excavation of human habitation. Radiocarbon dating from one of its test pits yielded a date range of CE 550–1000, identifying the site as one of the oldest known on the island. According to oral tradition, the Maloata area was reserved for use by relatively high-status chieftains.^[2]

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1] The Maloata Village Site has evidence of occupation dating back as early as 550 CE.^[3]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Archaeological Survey of Western Tutuila, December 1987 (PDF pages 59-85)" (PDF). American Samoa SHPO. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
^ Stubbs, John and William Chapman (2023). Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781003807940.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Archaeological Survey of Western Tutuila, December 1987 (PDF pages 59-85)" (PDF). American Samoa SHPO. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

[3] Stubbs, John and William Chapman (2023). Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781003807940.

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