Ata Tana 'Ai

• Traditional Culture (1977)
  • Isolation
    Isolation

    Question	Response	Source
    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.)	Lewis 1988: 10, 298
    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: 2.21
    (Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787)	Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years)	Lewis 1988: 11
    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.)	Lewis 1988: 298
    Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km)	0	Lewis 1988: 7-9
    Distance to nearest continent (km)	693	Lewis 1988: 34

  • Physical Environment
    Location

    Question	Response	Source
    Longitude of culture’s location (°)	122.6	2014; Lewis 1988: 34
    Latitude of culture’s location (°)	-8.6	2014; Lewis 1988: 34

    Geographical Range of Culture

    Question	Response	Source
    Number of islands inhabited by culture	One	Lewis 1988: 9

    Features of Island with Largest Culture Population

    Question	Response	Source
    Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown)	Tectonic (an oceanic island formed by tectonic uplift, e.g. Macquarie Island)	Morwood et al. 2009: 438
    Maximum elevation (meters)	2400	Morwood et al. 2009: 438
    Island Size (km²)	13500	Morwood et al. 2009: 438

  • Social Environment
    Social Environment

    Question	Response	Source
    Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus	6000	Lewis 1993: 23
    Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2)	High (Matrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, and is more important than any other form of descent.)	Lewis 1988: 126, 188
    Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2)	Low (Patrilateral descent plays little or no role in determining social status and / or group membership.)	Lewis 1988: 126, 188
    Polygamy (SCCS 861)	Monogamy preferred, but exceptional cases of polygyny	Lewis 1993: 24
    Marital residence (SCCS 69)	Neolocal - separate from kin	Lewis 1993: 24
    Political Authority	Local (encompasses the local community and / or multiple sublocal groups)	Lewis 1993: 23, 25

    Conflict

    Question	Response	Source
    (No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767)	Low (Conflict seldom occurs, and is almost never violent.)	Lewis 1993: 25
    (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773)	Rare or never	Lewis 1993: 25
    (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774)	Rare or never	Lewis 1988: 25

  • Subsistence and Economy
    Land-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Animal husbandry as a source of food	Minor	Lewis 1988: 27, 144
    Land-based hunting performed by individuals	Medium	Lewis 1988: 27, 144
    Land-based gathering	Minor	Lewis 1988: 27
    Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups	Medium	Lewis 1988: 27, 144
    Agriculture / Horticulture	Principal (more important than any other source of food)	Lewis 1988: 10, 27

    Water-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Water-based gathering	Absent	Lewis 1988: 10, 27
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups	Absent	Lewis 1988: 10, 27
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals	Absent	Lewis 1988: 10, 27

    Commercial Activity

    Question	Response	Source
    Trade / wage labour as a source of food	Absent	Lewis 1988: 10, 27

• Post Contact History (1977-2014)
  • Religious History
    Conversion

    Question	Response	Source
    Adoption of a world religion	Absent or minimal (At no time during the post-contact period did more than 5% of the indigenous population practice a world religion.) (Skip to Q.87)	Lewis 1988: 10; Lewis 2006: 193, 194-195
    Resident missionary involvement in conversion process	Present, and from non-Austronesian societies (Resident foreign missionaries, at least one of whom was from a non-Austronesian society, played an important role in the conversion process.)	Lewis 1993: 23

  • Secular History
    Demographic and Social Changes

    Question	Response	Source
    Replacement-level immigration	Absent (Replacement-level immigration did not occur – an immigrant culture was never present in the area, or was present but had a population size less than 10% of that of the indigenous culture.)
    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.)	Lewis 1993: 24
    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.)	Lewis 1993: 23

    Economic Changes

    Question	Response	Source
    Exportation of goods to other cultures	Present but minor (At one time or another exports were part of the local economy, but were never a primary focus of economic activity for more than 10% of the population .)