Pulotu
Database of Austronesian Religions
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Austronesian population | Absent: No evidence of human occupation prior to Austronesian settlement | |
| 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.) | |
| (Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Occasional but not often (e.g. once in a generation) | Carroll 1975: 349-350 |
| Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 212 | Calculator 2014 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 2118 | Calculator 2014 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 155 | 2014 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | 3.8 | 2014 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Eilers 1934: 183 |
| 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) | Eilers 1934: 183 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 4 | Eilers 1934: 185 |
| Island Size (km²) | 1.7 | Carroll 1975: 356 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 150 | Carroll 1975 |
| 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.) | Eilers 1934: 220-227 |
| 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.) | Eilers 1934: 220-227 |
| Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Monogamy prescribed | Eilers 1934: 220 |
| Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Carroll 1975; Eilers 1934: 221-222 |
| Political Authority | Local (encompasses the local community and / or multiple sublocal groups) | Eilers 1934: 198, 221 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| (No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767) | Low (Conflict seldom occurs, and is almost never violent.) | Eilers 1934: 220-227 |
| (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Rare or never | Carroll 1975: 359; Eilers 1934: 274 |
| (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Carroll 1975: 359; Eilers 1934: 274 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metalworking | Absent | Eilers 1934: 245-266 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Eilers 1934: 229-231 |
| Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Eilers 1934: 229-274 |
| Land-based gathering | Absent | Eilers 1934: 229-234 |
| Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Eilers 1934: 229-274 |
| Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Carroll 1975: 355-356; Eilers 1934: 229 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Major | Eilers 1934: 229, 238-243 |
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Eilers 1934: 229, 238-243 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Eilers 1934: 229-274 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Eilers 1934: 274 |
| 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.) | Eilers 1934: 171, 274 |