Pulotu
Database of Austronesian Religions
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 3, 7 |
| 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) | Yu 1991: 43 |
| 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 |
| Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 62 | Calculator 2014; Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Distance to nearest continent (km) | 403 | Calculator 2014; Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude of culture’s location (°) | 121.5 | 2014; Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Latitude of culture’s location (°) | 22 | 2014; Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Number of islands inhabited by culture | One | Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| 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) | Lebar (eds.) 1975: 108 |
| Maximum elevation (meters) | 548 | Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Island Size (km²) | 45.74 | Yu 1991: 1-2 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Estimate of culture population size at relevant time focus | 1500 | Yu 1991: 2 |
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 53-58 |
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 53-58 |
| Polygamy (SCCS 861) | Monogamy prescribed | Yu 1991: 52 |
| Marital residence (SCCS 69) | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin | Yu 1991: 55 |
| Kinship system (if applicable) | Eskimo | Yu 1991: 55 |
| Estimated population of largest political community | 100-999 | Yu 1991: 2, 47, 66 |
| Political Authority | Sublocal (encompasses a group larger than the household but smaller than the local community) | Yu 1991: 47, 55 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| (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.) | Yu 1991: 47-71 |
| (No) internal warfare (between communities of the same society) (SCCS v 773) | Rare or never | Yu 1991: 66 |
| (No) external warfare (with other societies) (SCCS v 774) | Rare or never | Yu 1991: 1-6 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metalworking | Absent | Yu 1991: 21-46 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor | Yu 1991: 31-32 |
| Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Absent | Yu 1991: 21-46 |
| Land-based gathering | Minor | Yu 1991: 32 |
| Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent | Yu 1991: 21-46 |
| Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (more important than any other source of food) | Yu 1991: 21, 25 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Water-based gathering | Minor | Yu 1991: 21-24, 31 |
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium | Yu 1991: 21-24, 26-31 |
| Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium | Yu 1991: 21-24, 26-31 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Minor | Yu 1991: 21, 39-46 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 86 |
| Question | Response | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 4 |
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 2-3 |
| 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.) | Yu 1991: 2-3 |
| Nature of loss of autonomy – voluntary vs. forced | Largely involuntary (autonomy was lost largely as a result of external force) | Yu 1991: 2-4 |