Pulotu
Database of Austronesian Religions
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Austronesian population | Absent: No evidence of human occupation prior to Austronesian settlement | Bellwood 1995: 109 |
| 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 |
| 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) | 2221 | Calculator 2014; Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 3483 | Calculator 2014 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | -176.2 | 2014; Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | -13.3 | 2014; Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Burrows 1971: 8-10 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Volcanic high island (an oceanic island of volcanic origin, e.g. Hawaii) | Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 150 | Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Island Size (km²) | 59.6 | Burrows 1971: 8 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 3000 | Burrows 1971: 15 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 64 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 64 |
| Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Burrows 1971: 63 |
| Estimated population of largest political community | 1,000-9,999 | Burrows 1971: 76 |
| Political Authority | Supralocal (encompasses multiple local groups) | Burrows 1971: 76-79 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | Burrows 1971: 3-4 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 4 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 3-4 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 4 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 4 |
| 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.) | Burrows 1971: 3-4 |