Pulotu
Database of Austronesian Religions
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Facey 1982: 55-56 |
| 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 |
| 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) | 0.2 | Facey 1982: 14 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 1818 | Calculator 2014 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 168.4 | 2014; Facey 1982: 14 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -17.4 | 2014; Facey 1982: 14 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Facey 1982: 14 |
| 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) | Facey 1982: 16 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 593 | Diamond 1977 |
| Island Size (km²) | 27.4 | Diamond 1977 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 1200 | Don 1927: 12 |
| 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.) | Facey 1982: 38-54 |
| Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2) | Low (Patrilateral descent plays little or no role in determining social status and / or group membership.) | Facey 1982: 38-54 |
| Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Facey 1982: 47-48 |
| Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Facey 1982: 39 |
| Kinship system (if applicable) | Crow | Facey 1982: 78 |
| Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Facey 1982: 38-54 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Frequent, occurring at least yearly | Facey 1982: 38-39, 41-42 |
| (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Facey 1982: 38-54 |
| 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. | Facey 1982: 181 |
| 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.) | Don 1927: 267 |
| 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.) | Don 1927: 267 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Facey 1982: 59 |