Sa'a

• Traditional Culture (1896)
  • Isolation
    Isolation

    Question	Response	Source
    Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km)	0	Tryon and Hackman 1983: 24
    Distance to nearest continent (km)	1775	Tryon and Hackman 1983: 24

  • Physical Environment
    Location

    Question	Response	Source
    Longitude of culture’s location (°)	161.5	Tryon and Hackman 1983: 24
    Latitude of culture’s location (°)	-9.6	Tryon and Hackman 1983: 24

    Geographical Range of Culture

    Question	Response	Source
    Number of islands inhabited by culture	Four or more	Tryon and Hackman 1983: 24

    Features of Island with Largest Culture Population

    Question	Response	Source
    Maximum elevation (meters)	518	Clark 2008: 64
    Island Size (km²)	481	Clark 2008: 64

  • Social Environment
    Social Environment

    Question	Response	Source
    Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus	6000	2014; Eberhard et al. (eds.) 2020; Ivens 1911; Ivens 1913
    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.)	Ivens 1972: 55-70
    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.)	Ivens 1972: 55-70
    Jurisdictional hierarchy beyond local community (SCCS v 237)	No levels (e.g. Each village has a headman, none of whom has authority over any other village)	Ivens 1972: 22-54, 109-129
    Polygamy (SCCS 861)	Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males)	Ivens 1972: 127
    Marital residence (SCCS 69)	Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin	Ivens 1972: 71-108
    Estimated population of largest political community	100-999	Ivens 1972: 22-54, 25, 109-129
    Political Authority	Local (encompasses the local community and / or multiple sublocal groups)	Ivens 1972: 22-54, 109-129

    Conflict

    Question	Response	Source
    (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.)	Ivens 1972: 12-13, 294-304
    (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773)	Occasional, at least every generation	Ivens 1972: 294-304
    (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774)	Occasional, at least every generation	Ivens 1972: 24-25, 294-304, 309-310