Question | Response | Source |
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Pre-Austronesian population | Possible: Disputed / ambiguous evidence of human occupation prior to Austronesian settlement | Blench 2007 |
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.) | Linton 1933: 162-163 |
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.) | Adelaar 1995: 328 |
(Low) contact with other societies (SCCS v 787) | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (e.g. yearly or most years) | Linton 1933: 18-19 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | Evidence of influence (Evidence of Islamic influence on supernatural belief.) | Linton 1933: 162-163 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 0 | Linton 1933: 18 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 923.8 | Calculator 2014; Linton 1933: 16, 18 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 47.6 | 2014; Linton 1933: 16 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -20.9 | 2014; Linton 1933: 16 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Linton 1933: 17-18 |
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) | Blench 2007: 69 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 2876 | Raxworthy et al. 2008: 1704 |
Island Size (km²) | 587041 | Campbell 2005: 19 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 165000 | Kottak 1971; Grandidier 1908: 313-314 |
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.) | Linton 1933: 132-146 |
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.) | Linton 1933: 132-146 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Full polygyny (20% or more of married males) | Linton 1933: 132 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Linton 1933: 133 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 10,000-99,999 | Linton 1933: 147; Grandidier 1908: 313-314 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Linton 1933: 132-158 |
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.) | Linton 1933: 132-158, 247-252 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Rare or never | Linton 1933: 182 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Linton 1933: 182 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Metalworking | Present | Linton 1933: 79-83 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Medium | Linton 1933: 47-52 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Minor | Linton 1933: 52-56 |
Land-based gathering | Medium | Linton 1933: 37-61, 52, 59, 60 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Linton 1933: 52-56 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Linton 1933: 37 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Minor | Linton 1933: 56-59 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Minor | Linton 1933: 56-59 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Linton 1933: 56-59 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Minor | Linton 1933: 37-131, 51-52 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Use of force in conversion | High (most communities were forced to convert) | |
Adoption of a world religion | Present but minor (At one time or another during the post-contact period more than 5% of the indigenous population practiced a world religion, but this figure never exceeded 25%.) | |
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.) |
Question | Response | Source |
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Syncretic religious movements | Absent |
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.) | Harper 2002: 91 |
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.) | |
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.) | Harper 2002: 71 |
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.) | Harper 2002: 85, 88-89 |
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.) | Harper 2002: 63, 69-70 |
Exportation of goods to other cultures | Present but minor (At one time or another exports were part of the local economy, but were never a primary focus of economic activity for more than 10% of the population .) | Harper 2002: 49, 63 |
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.) | Harper 2002: 71-73 |
Air travel | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to an airport or airstrip.) | Harper 2002: 71-73, 76 |
Sea port | Absent (At no time during the post-contact period did most members of the culture have access to a sea port.) | Harper 2002: 71-73, 76 |
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.) | Harper 2002: 85, 88-89 |
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.) | Linton 1933: 327-329; Harper 2002: 84-85, 88-89 |