Question | Response | Source |
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Pre-Austronesian population | Absent: No 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.) | Lane 1965: 250 |
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.) | 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) | Jolly 1991: 262 |
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.) | Cribb 2000: Map 2.23 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Lane 1965: 250 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 1894 | Lynch 2001: 60; Calculator 2014 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 168.2 | 2014; Lane 1965: 250 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -15.9 | 2014; Lane 1965: 250 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Lane 1965: 250 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Volcanic high island (an oceanic island of volcanic origin, e.g. Hawaii) | 2012 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 946 | 2012 |
Island Size (km²) | 438 | 2012 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | Jolly 1991: 263 |
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.) | Jolly 1991: 263 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Full polygyny (20% or more of married males) | Jolly 1991: 263 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Jolly 1991: 263 |
Kinship system (if applicable) | Crow | Jolly 1991: 263 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Lane 1965: 268, 273 |
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.) | Jolly 1991: 263; Lane 1965: 272 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Frequent, occurring at least yearly | Jolly 1991: 263; Lane 1965: 268 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Jolly 1991: 263 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Jolly 1991: 262 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Jolly 1991: 262 |
Land-based gathering | Major | Jolly 1991: 262; Lane 1965: 250 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Jolly 1991: 262 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Major (one of the most important sources of food) | Jolly 1991: 262; Lane 1965: 250 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Medium | Jolly 1991: 262; Lane 1965: 250 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Jolly 1991: 262; Lane 1965: 250 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Jolly 1991: 262; Lane 1965: 250 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Medium | Jolly 1991: 262 |
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) | Jolly 1982: 344-347 |
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.) | Jolly 2003: 190 |
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.) | Jolly 1982: 344, 345 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent | Jolly 1982: 344-347; Lane 1965: 278 |
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.) | |
Language shift | Medium (The indigenous language remained an important means of communication for the duration of the post-contact period, but at one time or another the indigenous population used a non-indigenous language to roughly the same extent.) | Jolly 2003: 190 |
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.) | Jolly 1982: 346; 190 |
Foreign government systems | Present, but of low importance (At one time or another during the post-contact period, the culture was subject to a foreign government system, but this government system never controlled most important decisions.) | Jolly 1982: 341-344; Jolly 1991: 263 |
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.) | Jolly 1991: 262; Jolly 2003: 190 |
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.) | Jolly 1991: 262 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Vehicles and roads | Present but rarely used (At no time during the post-contact period were motor vehicles used by a substantial portion of the population, but at one time or another most members of population had access to roads suitable for motor vehicles.) | |
Air travel | Present, local only (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to international air travel, but at one time or another most members of the culture had access to domestic air travel.) | Planet. 2014 |
Sea port | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to a sea port.) | Agency 2009: 180 |
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.) | Jolly 1982: 341-344 |
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.) |