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.) | |
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; Erb 1997: 48 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Erb 1987: 7; Erb 1997: 50-51 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief.) | Erb 1997: 49; Koentjaraningrat 1972: 83 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Erb 1987: 7 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 795 | Calculator 2014; Erb 1997 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 120.4 | 2014; Erb 1987: 830 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -8.6 | 2014; Erb 1987: 830 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Erb 1987: 830 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 155000 | Erb 1987: 12, 49-50 |
Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2) | Low (Matrilateral descent plays little or no role in determining social status and / or group membership.) | Koentjaraningrat 1972: 82 |
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.) | Koentjaraningrat 1972: 82 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Koentjaraningrat 1972: 82 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Koentjaraningrat 1972: 82 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 10,000-99,999 | Erb 1987: 12, 30, 49-50 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Erb 1987: 41-52 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Occasional, at least every generation | Erb 1997 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Common, at least every five years | Erb 1987: 18-41; Erb 1997 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Erb 1987: 6; Koentjaraningrat 1972: 81 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Major | Erb 1987: 6 |
Land-based gathering | Medium | Erb 1987: 6 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Major | Erb 1987: 6 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Erb 1987: 6; Koentjaraningrat 1972: 81 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Medium | Erb 1987: 6 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Erb 1987: 6 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Erb 1987: 6 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Erb 1987: 6-8 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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) | Kartomi 2001: 64 |
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.) | Allerton 2009: 273 |
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.) | Erb 1987: 39; Allerton 2009: 273 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Allerton 2009 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Replacement-level immigration | Low (Replacement-level immigration occurred. The immigrant culture had a population size more than 10% of that of the indigenous culture at one time or another, but this figure never exceeded 50%.) | |
Language shift | Low (The indigenous language remained the sole or primary means of communication for most of the indigenous population for the duration of the post-contact period.) | |
Foreign education systems | Medium (At one time or another during the post-contact period over 25% of indigenous children received at least a basic non-indigenous education, but this figure never exceeded 75%.) | |
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.) | Erb 1987: 41, 46-47 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | Kartomi 2001: 70; 2010 |
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.) | 2010 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Vehicles and roads | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access either to roads or motor vehicles.) | |
Air travel | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to an airport or airstrip.) | |
Sea port | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to a sea port.) |
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.) | Erb 1987: 38-41; Koentjaraningrat 1972: 81 |
Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Largely involuntary (autonomy was lost largely as a result of external force) | Erb 1987: 39, 40 |