Question | Response | Source |
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Pre-Austronesian population | Present: Clear evidence of human occupation prior to Austronesian settlement | Bellwood 1995: 109 |
Christian influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (No evidence of Christian influence on supernatural belief, but culture is known to have had (or is likely to have had) contact with Christian societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 29 |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (No evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief, but culture is likely to have had contact with Hindu or Buddhist societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Cribb 2000: Map 2.21 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 29, 73 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (No evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief, but culture is known to have had (or is likely to have had) contact with Islamic societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 29 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Boulan-Smit 1998: 2 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 946 | Calculator 2014; Collins 1983: 35 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 128.5 | Boulan-Smit 1998: Map 1.2 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -3.1 | Boulan-Smit 1998: Map 1.2 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Boulan-Smit 1998 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Continental island (an island situated on a continental shelf, e.g. Taiwan) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 7 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 3027 | Boulan-Smit 1998: 8 |
Island Size (km²) | 17746 | Boulan-Smit 1998: 7 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2) | Medium (Matrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, but is not the most important form of descent.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: vi, 87 |
Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2) | High (Patrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, and is more important than any other form of descent.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: vi, 4 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Boulan-Smit 1998: 40, 72, 83, 170, 284 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 10, 71-79, 137-149, 169, 174 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Common, at least every five years | Boulan-Smit 1998: 29-30, 44-45 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Common, at least every five years | Boulan-Smit 1998: 29-69 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Absent | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Land-based gathering | Major | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-119 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Principal | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Major (one of the most important sources of food) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Minor | Boulan-Smit 1998: 18-19 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Minor | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Boulan-Smit 1998: 13-19 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Was a foreign religion adopted through a top-down (those high in the social hierarchy converted first, followed by the general population) or a bottom-up (the general population converted first, followed by those high in the social hierarchy) process? | Mixed / Neither (e.g. Both high-status individuals and the general population converted at the same time, or the religion was adopted through a mixture of top-down and bottom-up processes.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 65-66 |
Use of force in conversion | Medium (e.g force was threatened or implied during the conversion process; some communities agreed to conversion but others were forced to convert) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 65-66 |
Adoption of a world religion | Present and predominant (At one time or another during the post-contact period, at least 75% of the indigenous population practiced a world religion.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 8 |
Resident missionary involvement in conversion process | Present, and from Austronesian societies only (Resident foreign missionaries played an important role in the conversion process, but these missionaries were from other Austronesian societies only.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 65-66 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Boulan-Smit 1998: 65-66 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Foreign education systems | High (At one time or another during the post-contact period over 75% of children received some at least a basic non-indigenous education.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 66 |
Foreign government systems | Present, and of high importance (At one time or another during the post-contact period the culture was subject to a foreign government system that controlled most important decisions.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 40 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Loss of autonomy during postcontact period | High (On at least one occasion during the post-contact period, the culture came under the political dominance of a foreign power, and this event resulted in considerable loss of autonomy.) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 40 |
Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Largely involuntary (autonomy was lost largely as a result of external force) | Boulan-Smit 1998: 40 |