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.) | Loeb 1926: 30-34 |
| 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) | Occasional but not often (e.g. once in a generation) | Loeb 1926: 30-34 |
| 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) | 419.7 | Calculator 2014; Loeb 1926: 5 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 3837 | Calculator 2014; Loeb 1926: 5 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | -169.9 | 2014; Loeb 1926: 5 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -19.1 | 2014; Loeb 1926: 5 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Loeb 1926: 5 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Atoll (an oceanic low island of coral origin, e.g. Ulithi) | Walter 1995: 471 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 70 | Walter 1995: 471 |
| Island Size (km²) | 259 | Walter 1995: 471 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 4500 | Roscoe 1993: 121 |
| Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Full polygyny (20% or more of married males) | Loeb 1926: 79; Tregear 1893: 14; Hays 1991: 251 |
| Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Loeb 1926: 79-80 |
| Estimated population of largest political community | 1,000-9,999 | Loeb 1926: 45, 128; Smith 1983: 38-46 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| (No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767) | High (Conflict is frequent and often violent, but is not a pervasive aspect of daily life.) | Loeb 1926: 128 |
| (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Frequent, occurring at least yearly | Loeb 1926: 128 |
| (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Loeb 1926: 23-44, 128-156 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metalworking | Absent | Loeb 1928: 90-102 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Animal husbandry as a source of food | Absent | Loeb 1928: 106 |
| Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Loeb 1928: 106-111 |
| Land-based gathering | Minor | Loeb 1928: 8-11 |
| Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent | Loeb 1928: 106-111 |
| Agriculture / Horticulture | Major (one of the most important sources of food) | Loeb 1928: 8, 102-105; Smith 1983: 6 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Water-based gathering | Minor | Loeb 1928: 96 |
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent | Loeb 1928: 96-97 |
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Loeb 1928: 96-97 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Minor | Loeb 1928: 97-98 |
| 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) | Pointer 2015: 51-72 |
| 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.) | Smith 1983: 87 |
| Resident missionary involvement in conversion process | Present, and from Austronesian societies only (Resident foreign missionaries played an important role in the conversion process, but these missionaries were from other Austronesian societies only.) | Smith 1983: 87; Pointer 2015: 51-72 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Language shift | High (At one time or another during the post-contact period, a foreign language became the sole or primary means of communication for most of the indigenous population.) | Foster nd |
| Foreign government systems | Present, but of low importance (At one time or another during the post-contact period, the culture was subject to a foreign government system, but this government system never controlled most important decisions.) | Foster nd |
| 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.) | Foster nd |
| 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.) | Foster nd |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | 2014 |
| Air travel | Present and long-distance (At one time or another, most members of the culture had access to international air travel.) | 2014 |
| Sea port | Present (At one time or another during the post-contact period most members of the culture had access to a sea port.) | Foster nd |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Loss of autonomy during postcontact period | Low (The cultural remained politically autonomous throughout the post-contact period.) (Skip to Q.71) | Foster nd |