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.) | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
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) | Occasional but not often (e.g. once in a generation) | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
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) | 350 | Calculator 2014; Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Distance to nearest continent (km) | 5467 | Roscoe 1993: 339 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Longitude of culture’s location (°) | -158 | 2014; Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -9 | 2014; Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Number of islands inhabited by culture | Four or more | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Atoll (an oceanic low island of coral origin, e.g. Ulithi) | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 15 | Buck 1932: 6 |
Island Size (km²) | 9.73 | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 2000 | Roscoe 1991: 339 |
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.) | Buck 1932: 41 |
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.) | Buck 1932: 41 |
Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Limited polygyny (< 20% of married males) | Roscoe 1991: 340 |
Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Roscoe 1991: 340 |
Kinship system (if applicable) | Hawaiian | Roscoe 1991: 340 |
Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Roscoe 1991: 339-341 |
Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Roscoe 1991: 339-341; Campbell 1985: 73-74 |
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.) | Buck 1932: 51-54 |
(No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Frequent, occurring at least yearly | Buck 1932: 54 |
(No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Buck 1932: 6-9, 15-26, 54-57 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Metalworking | Absent | Buck 1932 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Animal husbandry as a source of food | Absent | Buck 1932: 106-108 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Absent | Buck 1932: 107-108 |
Land-based gathering | Absent | Buck 1932: 106-123 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent | Buck 1932: 107-108 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Buck 1932: 108 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Water-based gathering | Major | Buck 1932: 107-108 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Major | Buck 1932: 107-108, 197-212 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Major | Buck 1932: 107-108, 197-212 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Absent | Roscoe 1991: 340 |
Question | Response | Source |
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Was a foreign religion adopted through a top-down (those high in the social hierarchy converted first, followed by the general population) or a bottom-up (the general population converted first, followed by those high in the social hierarchy) process? | Mixed / Neither (e.g. Both high-status individuals and the general population converted at the same time, or the religion was adopted through a mixture of top-down and bottom-up processes.) | Buck 1932: 8 |
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) | Buck 1932: 8 |
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.) | Buck 1932: 8 |
Resident missionary involvement in conversion process | Present, and from Austronesian societies only (Resident foreign missionaries played an important role in the conversion process, but these missionaries were from other Austronesian societies only.) | Buck 1932: 7-8 |