Pulotu
Database of Austronesian Religions
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Austronesian population | Absent: No evidence of human occupation prior to Austronesian settlement | Bellwood 1995: 109 |
| (Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Occasional but not often (e.g. once in a generation) | Athens 2007: 267; Peoples 1991: 128 |
| Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 266.8 | Calculator 2014; Athens 2007: 259 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 2868 | Calculator 2014; Athens 2007: 259 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 163 | 2014; Peoples 1991: 128 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | 5.3 | 2014; Peoples 1991: 128 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | Three | 2014; Athens 2007: 259 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Volcanic high island (an oceanic island of volcanic origin, e.g. Hawaii) | Athens 2007: 259 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 629 | Athens 2007: 259 |
| Island Size (km²) | 109 | Athens 2007: 259 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 3000 | Athens 2007: 262 |
| 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.) | Peoples 1991: 129 |
| Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2) | Low (Patrilateral descent plays little or no role in determining social status and / or group membership.) | Peoples 1991: 129 |
| Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Peoples 1991: 129 |
| Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Peoples 1991: 129; Ritter 1980: 764 |
| Kinship system (if applicable) | Hawaiian | Peoples 1991: 129 |
| Estimated population of largest political community | 1,000-9,999 | Athens 2007: 262 |
| Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Athens 2007: 262 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Occasional, at least every generation | Younger 2009: 139; Peoples 1991: 130 |
| (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Athens 2007: 267; Peoples 1991: 130 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Animal husbandry as a source of food | Absent | Athens 2007: 263 |
| Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Absent | Athens 2007: 263 |
| Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent | Athens 2007: 263 |
| Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Athens 2007: 262-263 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Peoples 1991: 128 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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? | Primarily a top-down process. | Buck 2005: 33-130 |
| 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) | Buck 2005: 33-130 |
| 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.) | Peoples 1991: 128, 130 |
| 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.) | Dobbin 2011: 104 |
| 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.) | Peoples 1991: 128 |
| 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.) | Peoples 1991: 128 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Air travel | Present and long-distance (At one time or another, most members of the culture had access to international air travel.) | 2015 |
| 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 |