Kei

• Traditional Culture (1864)
  • 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.)	Hooe 2012: 49
    Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief	Evidence of influence (Evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief.)	Hooe 2012: 116
    (Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787)	Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years)	Hooe 2012: 37, 39
    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.)	Hooe 2012: 47
    Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km)	23	Hooe 2012: 31-32
    Distance to nearest continent (km)	351	Hooe 2012: 31-32

  • Physical Environment
    Location

    Question	Response	Source
    Longitude of culture’s location (°)	132.8	2014; Hooe 2012: 30
    Latitude of culture’s location (°)	-5.8	2014; Hooe 2012: 30

    Geographical Range of Culture

    Question	Response	Source
    Number of islands inhabited by culture	Four or more	Hooe 2012: 30

    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)	Hooe 2012: 30

  • Social Environment
    Social Environment

    Question	Response	Source
    Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus	18000	Hooe 2012: 45, 48
    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.)	Hooe 2012: 68-98
    Estimated population of largest political community	1,000-9,999	Hooe 2012: 45, 55-58
    Political Authority	Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups)	Hooe 2012: 53-63, 112-120

  • Subsistence and Economy
    Land-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Animal husbandry as a source of food	Minor	Hooe 2012: 70
    Land-based gathering	Principal	Hooe 2012: 64
    Agriculture / Horticulture	Medium (a significant food source, but not one of the most important sources of food)	Hooe 2012: 64

    Water-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Water-based gathering	Medium	Hooe 2012: 64-78
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups	Medium	Hooe 2012: 64-78
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals	Medium	Hooe 2012: 64-78

    Commercial Activity

    Question	Response	Source
    Trade / wage labour as a source of food	Minor	Hooe 2012: 64-78

• Post Contact History (1864-2014)
  • Religious History
    Conversion

    Question	Response	Source
    Use of force in conversion	Low (most communities adopted the new religion either voluntarily or due to pressure from other communities of the same culture)	Hooe 2012: 46-53
    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.)	Hooe 2012: 48

    Syncretic Movements

    Question	Response	Source
    Syncretic religious movements	Absent	Hooe 2012: 46-53

  • 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.)	Hooe 2012: 44-46
    Language shift	Medium (The indigenous language remained an important means of communication for the duration of the post-contact period, but at one time or another the indigenous population used a non-indigenous language to roughly the same extent.)	Hooe 2012: 35
    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.)	Hooe 2012: 41-44

    Economic Changes

    Question	Response	Source
    Changes in means of subsistence	Medium (Principal and major means of subsistence have changed from their indigenous states (e.g. through gain or loss of major and / or principal means of subsistence), but at least one of the major or principal means of subsistance has persisted.)	Hooe 2012: 64
    Exportation of goods to other cultures	Present and substantial (At one time or another during the post-contact period, exports were a primary focus of economic activity for over 10% of the population.)	Hooe 2012: 64-78

    Modern Infrastructure

    Question	Response	Source
    Sea port	Present (At one time or another during the post-contact period most members of the culture had access to a sea port.)	2015

    Loss of Autonomy

    Question	Response	Source
    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.)	Hooe 2012: 37-44
    Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced	Largely voluntary (Autonomy was ceded either voluntarily or as a result of pressure from other members of the same culture, without the threat of external force being necessary.)	Hooe 2012: 37-44