Question | Response | Source |
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Pre-Austronesian population | Absent: No 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.) | Davenport 1991: 290 |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence and not in region of known contact (No evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief, and culture is unlikely to have had contact with Hindu or Buddhist societies at or prior to 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) | Davenport 1991: 290 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence and not in region of known contact (No evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief, and culture is unlikely to have had contact with Islamic societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Cribb 2000: Map 2.23 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 42.5 | Calculator 2014; Davenport 1991: 290 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 2053 | Calculator 2014; Davenport 1991: 290 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 165.9 | 2014; Davenport 1991: 290 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -10.7 | 2014; Davenport 1991: 290 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Davenport 1964: 290 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Volcanic high island (an oceanic island of volcanic origin, e.g. Hawaii) | Davenport 1991: 290 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 550 | Clark 2008: 64 |
Island Size (km²) | 506 | Clark 2008: 64 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 3600 | Davenport 1991: 290 |
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.) | Davenport 1991: 291 |
Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2) | Medium (Patrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, but is not the most important form of descent.) | Davenport 1991: 291 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Davenport 1991: 291 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Neolocal - separate from kin | Davenport 1991: 291 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Davenport 1991: 290, 291 |
Political Authority | Sublocal (encompasses a group larger than the household but smaller than the local community) | Davenport 1964 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767) | Endemic (Conflict is frequent, is often violent, and is a pervasive aspect of daily life, e.g. feuding). | Davenport 1991: 292 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Frequent, occurring at least yearly | Davenport 2005: 40; Speiser 1916: 100 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Occasional, at least every generation | Davenport 2005: 98; Graebner 2003: 107-126; Speiser 1916: 100-108 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Metalworking | Absent | Graebner 2003: 85-107 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58-60 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Minor | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58-60 |
Land-based gathering | Minor | Graebner 2003: 54-63 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58-60 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 54-55 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Medium | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58, 64 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Davenport 1991: 290; Graebner 2003: 58, 64 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Minor | Graebner 2003: 54-107 |
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) | Davenport 2005: 9, 103; Davenport 1964: 60 |
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.) | Boerger 2007: 141-142; Davenport 1964: 60 |
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.) | Davenport 2005: 4, 6 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Davenport 2005: 1-10, 98-99; Davenport 1964: 60 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | 2018 |
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.) | Boerger 2007: 129, 145-148 |
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.) | Boerger 2007: 138-139; Agency 2014 |
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.) | Davenport 1991: 290 |
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.) | Atkinson et al. 2009: 3 |
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 .) | Boerger 2009: 103; Davenport 1991: 290 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Vehicles and roads | Present and widely used (At one time or another during the post-contact period, motor vehicles were used by a substantial proportion of the population.) | Dunbar et al. 2013: 393; Boerger 2009: 102 |
Air travel | Present, local only (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to international air travel, but at one time or another most members of the culture had access to domestic air travel.) | Davenport 2005: 5 |
Sea port | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to a sea port.) | Agency 2009: 180 |
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.) | Davenport 1964: 59-60 |
Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Largely involuntary (autonomy was lost largely as a result of external force) | Davenport 1964: 60 |