09/10/2026
🌴 The edited cut of Pasefika Series Pt. 2 is here! Two contrasting American Samoa sites — Tataga-Matau, a fortified quarry with its own star mound, and Tupapa, a hidden inland settlement with no monument at all. Both from the Ancient Oceania Network atlas.
00:00:00 - Start
00:00:57 - Getting started!
00:03:03 - Wefobz.io is where everything is at!
00:03:25 - Atlas: Ancient Oceania Network
00:03:58 - Hawaii had a category 5 storm recently!
00:05:01 - Corrections we need to make to last episode 26!
00:06:34 - Correction for the name Malietoa Fuaoletoʻelau!
00:09:19 - Tataga-Matau Fortified Quarry
00:09:53 - There is a need for visual documentation of American Samoa ancient sites!
00:11:21 - Many who live in American Samoa donʻt know about these sites!
00:12:41 - Correcting the info on David Herdrich from our previous episode.
00:18:28 - Who?
00:20:20 - What?
00:21:24 - Tataga-Matau is oldest and largest ancient quarry site in western Polynesia!
00:22:39 - How to pronounce “adze”
00:23:49 - Where?
00:24:47 - No photos, videos, or documentaries of the Tataga-Matau ancient site?
00:25:30 - Why arenʻt Pasefika people researching our own ancient sites?
00:26:48 - When?
00:28:44 - Why?
00:29:46 - Continued speculation on star mounds in American Samoa!
00:30:34 - War plays a huge part of Samoan history!
00:31:41 - How?
00:33:13 - Stones from ancient site in American Samoa travled far across the Pacific in ancient times!
00:34:55 - Down the rabbit hole!
00:36:15 - The legend of Punamai and Punaloa!
00:38:29 - Do not forget that Tataga-Matau was a “fortified” Quarry from ancient days!
00:39:36 - Wefobz will change the way we see our ancient sites in Pasefika!
00:40:24 - Tupapa Site
00:41:25 - How old is 2000 - 2499 BC?
00:43:16 - Who?
00:44:36 - They are still in the process of digitizing official information on the Tupapa Site!
00:46:19 - What?
00:46:55 - It is unusual to find humans settlements in the mountains during ancient prehistoric times!
00:48:00 - Tupapa Site was all about how deep, in layers of soil, were human artifacts found!
00:48:41 - When?
00:49:39 - The data on Tupapa Site is still in the process of being vetted and digitized!
00:49:51 - Why?
00:50:55 - Tupapa Site may prove an earlier timeline for ancient Samoans living in mountains!
00:51:58 - How?
00:52:59 - Dr. David Addison is a big deal in American Samoa archaeology!
00:54:24 - Down the rabbit hole!
00:55:00 - The “old wood problem” of carbon dating?
00:56:09 - Can the Pasefika shift its attention back to their ancient sites again?
00:57:01 - Thoughts on the legendary Tongan war?
00:57:36 - Expand Wefobz Xplorer App. to include myths and legends related to ancient sites!
00:58:45 - Wefobz wants to discover the origins of the Pasefika!
01:00:32 - Conclusions and closing thoughts!