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 | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Christian influence on supernatural belief.) | Fox 1982: 155 |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief.) | Fox 1982: 17, 41, 139, 170 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Fox 1982: 145 |
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 1982: 25-26, 41, 145-247 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Fox 1982: 6 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 1014.4 | Fox 1982: 6 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 118.4 | 2014; Fox 1982: 6 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | 9.5 | 2014; Fox 1982: 6 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Fox 1982: 1 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Continental island (an island situated on a continental shelf, e.g. Taiwan) | Yumul et al. 2009: 732-733 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 2086 | Venturello 1907 |
Island Size (km²) | 11782 | Fox 1982: 5; Venturello 1907 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 5000 | Fox 1982: 12-13; of the Census 1905: 400 |
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 1982: 53 |
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 1982: 53 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Venturello 1907 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Matrilocal or uxorilocal - with wife's kin | Venturello 1907 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 1,000-9,999 | Fox 1982: 12-13, 128-131; of the Census 1905: 400 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Fox 1982: 123-129; Venturello 1907 |
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.) | Venturello 1907 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Rare or never | Venturello 1907 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Occasional, at least every generation | Fox 1982: 17-26; Venturello 1907 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Metalworking | Present | Warren 1975: 65 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Fox 1982: 5-52, 174 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Fox 1982: 49, 173 |
Land-based gathering | Minor | Fox 1982: 5-52, 52 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Fox 1982: 49, 173 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Fox 1982: 42 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Major | Fox 1982: 7 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Major | Fox 1982: 7, 49 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Major | Fox 1982: 7, 49 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Medium | Fox 1982: 5-52, 202 |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) |
Question | Response | Source |
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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.) | Fox 1982: 11-12; Dressler 2005: 22 |
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.) | Eberhard et al. (eds.) 2020 |
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.) | Lacuna-Richman 2004: 271 |
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 1982: 11-12; Dressler 2005: 23 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Changes in means of subsistence | Low (Principal and major means of subsistence have not changed from their indigenous states.) | Fox 1982: 5-52; Lacuna-Richman 2004: 267, 271 |
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.) | Dressler 2005: 23 |
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.) | Fox 1982: 25 |
Sea port | Present (At one time or another during the post-contact period most members of the culture had access to a sea port.) | Agency 2009: 186 |
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.) | Fox 1982: 11-12 |
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.) | Fox 1982: 17-33; Dressler 2005 |