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 1972: 78; Fox 1977: 166 |
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 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Fox 1977: 160-165 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (No evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief, but culture is known to have had (or is likely to have had) contact with Islamic societies at or prior to the time focus in question.) | Fox 1977: 166 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 77 | Calculator 2014 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 568 | Calculator 2014 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 121.9 | 2014; Fox 1977: 5 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -10.5 | 2014; Fox 1977: 5 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | Two | Fox 1979: 145 |
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) | |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 250 | Fox 1972: 78 |
Island Size (km²) | 697 | Fox 1972: 77 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 30000 | Fox 1977: 168 |
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 1972: 78-79 |
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.) | Fox 1972: 78-79 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Monogamy prescribed | Lebar (eds.) 1972: 79 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Lebar (eds.) 1972: 79 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 1,000-9,999 | Fox 1972: 77, 79; Fox 1977: 168 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Fox 1972: 79 |
Question | Response | Source |
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(No) conflict (social or political) within the local community (SCCS v 767) | Low (Conflict seldom occurs, and is almost never violent.) | |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Common, at least every five years | Fox 1972: 79 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Fox 1972: 78-79; Fox 1979: 160-165 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Major | Fox 1972: 78; Fox 1977: 35-38, 41-46 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Minor | Fox 1972: 77 |
Land-based gathering | Principal | Fox 1972: 78; Fox 1977: 23-24 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Fox 1972: 77 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Major (one of the most important sources of food) | Fox 1972: 78; Fox 1977: 23-24, 29-30 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Medium | Fox 1979: 152; Fox 1977: 28 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium | Fox 1977: 78 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Fox 1972: 78 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Fox 1972: 78; Fox 1977: 17-57 |
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) | Fox 1977: 165-176 |
Adoption of a world religion | Present and major (At one time or another during the post-contact period more than 25% of the indigenous population practiced a world religion, but this figure never exceeded 75%.) | 2013 |
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.) | Fox 1977: 166, 172-174 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Fox 1972: 79; Fox 1977: 165-176 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Foreign education systems | Medium (At one time or another during the post-contact period over 25% of indigenous children received at least a basic non-indigenous education, but this figure never exceeded 75%.) | |
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 1972: 79 |
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.) | 2013 |
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.) | 2013 |
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.) | 2013 |
Air travel | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to an airport or airstrip.) | |
Sea port | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to a sea port.) |
Question | Response | Source |
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Loss of autonomy during postcontact period | Medium (The culture maintained some political autonomy throughout the post-contact period, but on at least one occasion during the post-contact period the culture entered into a political relationship with a foreign power that involved some loss of autonomy.) | |
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.) |