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.) | Fox 1993: 214; Fox 1973: 346-368 |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (No evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief, but culture is likely to have had contact with Hindu or Buddhist societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Cribb 2000: Map 2.21; Fox 1973: 346-368 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Fox 1977: 61-159 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 460 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 12 | Calculator 2014; Fox 1993: 212 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 459 | Calculator 2014; Fox 1993: 212 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 123.2 | 2014; Fox 1968: 1 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -10.7 | 2014; Fox 1968: 1 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Fox 1968: 1 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Tectonic (an oceanic island formed by tectonic uplift, e.g. Macquarie Island) | Harris 2011: 163, 167 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 430 | Fox 1968: 1 |
Island Size (km²) | 1250 | Fox 1968: 1 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 40000 | Fox 1977: 149, 151 |
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.) | Fox 1993: 213, 214 |
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.) | Fox 1993: 213, 214 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Fox 1993: 214 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 10,000-99,999 | Fox 1977: 151 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Fox 1968: 120-187 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767) | Moderate (Conflict occurs frequently but is seldom violent, or is violent but occurs only occasionally.) | Fox 1977: 81; Fox 1993: 214 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Rare or never | Fox 1977: 79-80 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Fox 1977: 127-159 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Metalworking | Absent | Fox 1993: 213 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Medium | Fox 1977: 27-47, 29, 41-43; Fox 1993: 213 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Minor | Fox 1993: 213 |
Land-based gathering | Principal | Fox 1977: 23-24, 29; Fox 1993: 213 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Fox 1993: 213 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Major (one of the most important sources of food) | Fox 1977: 29-30; Fox 1993: 213 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Medium | Fox 1977: 28; Fox 1993: 213 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Fox 1977: 28; Fox 1993: 213; Fox 1973: 345-346 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Major | Fox 1977: 28; Fox 1993: 213 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Medium | Fox 1977: 17-47, 36 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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. | Fox 1983: 15 |
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) | Fox 1993: 214 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 460 |
Resident missionary involvement in conversion process | Absent (Resident foreign missionaries played no role, or only a minimal role, in the conversion process.) | Fox 1977: 129 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Fox 1983 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 460-462, 466 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 466-467 |
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.) | Fox 1993: 212 |
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.) | Fox 1993: 212 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 462; Fox 1993: 213 |
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 .) | Carnegie 2010: 462; Fox 1993: 213 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Sea port | Present (At one time or another during the post-contact period most members of the culture had access to a sea port.) | 2014; Agency 2009: 162; Calculator 2014 |
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.) | Carnegie 2010: 462, 471 |
Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Partly voluntary (e.g. Autonomy was ceded voluntarily but under duress; some communities ceded their autonomy voluntarily but others were forced to do so by an foreign power.) | Carnegie 2010: 462 |