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.) | Ellen 2014: 72 |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief.) | Cribb 2000: Map 2.21; Ellen 1983: 3-4 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Ellen 2002: 294 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief.) | Ellen 2002: 289; Ellen 2014: 72 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Ellen 2014: 2-3 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 918 | Calculator 2014; Ellen 2014: 18 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 129 | 2014; Ellen 2014: 18 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -3.2 | 2014; Ellen 2014: 18 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Ellen 2014: xviv |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Continental island (an island situated on a continental shelf, e.g. Taiwan) | De Jong 1998: 317-318 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 3019 | 2013 |
Island Size (km²) | 17148 | 2013 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 500 | Ellen 2014: 19-21 |
Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2) | Medium (Matrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, but is not the most important form of descent.) | Ellen 2014: 17-25 |
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.) | Ellen 2014: 17-25 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Ellen 2014: 17-25, 42-44 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Ellen 2014: 17-25, 42-44 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Occasional, at least every generation | Ellen 2002; Ellen 2014: 21 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Occasional, at least every generation | Ellen 2002; Ellen 2014: 21 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Ellen 1977: 52 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Major | Ellen 1977: 52-53 |
Land-based gathering | Major | Ellen 1977: 52, 65 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Major | Ellen 1977: 52-53 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Ellen 1977: 52, 65 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Absent | Ellen 1977 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium | Ellen 1977: 52-53 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Ellen 1977: 52-53 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Ellen 1977 |
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) | |
Adoption of a world religion | Present but minor (At one time or another during the post-contact period more than 5% of the indigenous population practiced a world religion, but this figure never exceeded 25%.) | Ellen 2014: 292 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Ellen 2014: 5 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | Eberhard et al. (eds.) 2020 |
Foreign education systems | Low (At no time during the post-contact period did more than 25% of indigenous children receive a basic non-indigenous education.) | Ellen 2014: 21 |
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.) | Ellen 2014: 21 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | Ellen 2002: 282 |
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.) | Ellen 2002; Ellen 2014: 21-22 |
Sea port | Present (At one time or another during the post-contact period most members of the culture had access to a sea port.) | Agency 2009: 166; Ellen 2002 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Loss of autonomy during postcontact period | Low (The cultural remained politically autonomous throughout the post-contact period.) (Skip to Q.71) | Ellen 2014: 5, 21 |
Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Largely voluntary (Autonomy was ceded either voluntarily or as a result of pressure from other members of the same culture, without the threat of external force being necessary.) |