Siraya

• Traditional Culture (1627)
  • Isolation
    Isolation

    Question	Response	Source
    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.)	Shepherd 1993: 27-90
    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.)	Shepherd 1993: 27-90
    Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km)	0	Shepherd 1993: 31

  • Physical Environment
    Location

    Question	Response	Source
    Longitude of culture’s location (°)	120.4	2014; Shepherd 1993: 31
    Latitude of culture’s location (°)	22.9	2014; Shepherd 1993: 31

    Geographical Range of Culture

    Question	Response	Source
    Number of islands inhabited by culture	One	Shepherd 1993: 31

  • Social Environment
    Social Environment

    Question	Response	Source
    Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus	20000	Shepherd 1993: 42
    Importance of Matrilateral descent (V.2)	High (Matrilateral descent plays an important role in determining social status and / or group membership, and is more important than any other form of descent.)	Shepherd 1993: 44
    Importance of Patrilateral descent (V.2)	Low (Patrilateral descent plays little or no role in determining social status and / or group membership.)	Shepherd 1993: 44
    Polygamy (SCCS 861)	Monogamy preferred, but exceptional cases of polygyny	Campbell 1903: 20
    Marital residence (SCCS 69)	Matrilocal or uxorilocal - with wife's kin	Shepherd 1993: 44; Campbell 1903: 19-21
    Estimated population of largest political community	1,000-9,999	Shepherd 1993: 39-42; Campbell 1903: 15
    Political Authority	Local (encompasses the local community and / or multiple sublocal groups)	Campbell 1903: 15-16

    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.)	Campbell 1903: 15-17
    (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773)	Frequent, occurring at least yearly	Shepherd 1993: 27-90

  • Subsistence and Economy
    Subsistence and Economy

    Question	Response	Source
    Metalworking	Present	Shepherd 1993: 28-29

    Land-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Animal husbandry as a source of food	Absent	Campbell 1903: 9-25
    Land-based hunting performed by individuals	Minor	Campbell 1903: 10-12
    Land-based gathering	Medium	Campbell 1903: 9-25
    Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups	Medium	Campbell 1903: 10-12
    Agriculture / Horticulture	Principal (more important than any other source of food)	Campbell 1903: 10-11

    Water-based means of subsistence

    Question	Response	Source
    Water-based gathering	Major	Campbell 1903: 10-11
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups	Medium	Campbell 1903: 10-11
    Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals	Major	Campbell 1903: 10-11

    Commercial Activity

    Question	Response	Source
    Trade / wage labour as a source of food	Absent	Campbell 1903: 10-12

• Post Contact History (1627-None)
  • Secular History
    Demographic and Social Changes

    Question	Response	Source
    Replacement-level immigration	High (Replacement-level immigration occurred. At one time or another during the post-contact period the immigrant culture had a population size more than 100% of that of the indigenous population.)	Shepherd 1993: 1-2
    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.)	Shepherd 1993: 1-2

    Loss of Autonomy

    Question	Response	Source
    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.)	Shepherd 1993: 1-2, 7
    Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced	Largely involuntary (autonomy was lost largely as a result of external force)	Shepherd 1993: 7