agriculture 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 30, 39,
62, 70, 75, 112, 123, 138-139,
154-155, 162, 187, 191, 208, 255,
266, 268, 345, 350, 356, 380
Ambrym, North 23, 34, 320, 321, 323-343, 372
ancestors, veneration of 52, 54, 56, 66,
71, 74, 76, 121, 215-216, 258,
265, 302
ancestry. See origin
Austronesian-speaking societies,
history of 11-12, 17-19, 66, 179,
185, 204-206, 243, 248-249, 346,
367;
comparative linguistics of 12,
19, 21-23, 248, 255, 277, 320,
326-329;
distribution of 12, 17;
impact of colonialism on 11, 27,
35, 57, 114, 144-146, 157, 159,
179, 191, 195, 197-203, 237-238,
243, 251, 256, 371;
Indian influence on 26-27, 29-30,
39, 52, 65-66, 89, 204-205, 367,
373
Austronesian Studies, comparative
11-14, 17, 19, 35-36, 65-66, 105,
112, 248, 267, 278, 309, 323,
365-366, 375
Bali 23, 24-25, 28-32, 65-79, 83-107,
121, 131, 366-367, 369, 371, 373,
375
Banda Islands 23, 29, 113-127, 205,
350, 371-372
banua [land], reflexes of 22, 28-30, 32-34, 65, 67, 136, 173, 212, 243,
248, 277, 299, 301, 325-328, 345,
366-369
burial sites 55-57, 278, 320, 350
Buru 23-24, 29-30, 135-155, 369-371
Christianity, influence of 139-140, 143,
149, 152, 159, 188, 194-195, 198,
209, 212, 258, 297, 305-306, 316,
320, 331-332, 335-336, 343, 345
clan land 13-14, 136, 211, 218-219, 225-229, 242, 259, 286-287
desa [village] 24, 28, 39, 65, 68, 74-76, 85-87, 150-152, 213
East Timor 32-33, 132, 245, 253-275,
374
emplacement 11, 13, 14, 16-21, 26, 33,
35
fertility 69, 182, 328, 366
forest 77, 81, 84, 92, 136, 138, 158-159,
161, 164, 171-172, 174-177, 183,
253-257, 259-275, 280, 335, 374
Flores 30-31, 61, 179-236, 369-370,
373-374
genealogical relations 13, 39, 41-43, 47-48, 73, 114, 122, 136, 166, 210, 227, 236, 239, 369, 373
hierarchy. See precedence
house (as a social category) 67, 69, 73,
85, 138-139, 164-166, 170, 181,
233, 243, 300
hunting 77, 137-139, 158, 168, 170,
255, 261, 266, 269, 275, 287
irrigation 84-85, 92-95, 100
Islam, influence of 27, 29, 54, 58, 81,
113, 115-117, 124-127, 143, 146,
159, 163, 212, 226, 233, 371, 373
kinship 25, 33, 73, 81, 122, 232, 313-316, 330-331, 334, 345, 352, 360
kingdoms. See states, pre-modern
land, and colonialism 12, 36, 136, 146,
191, 232, 240, 314-315, 335;
and forest conservation policy
33, 253-254, 263-264, 266-270;
and globalisation 12, 16, 35-36,
352;
and the nation state 12, 24, 83,
106, 123, 150-152, 213, 227-228,
231, 254, 259, 324-325, 338, 345,
356-358;
conflicts over13-14, 16-18, 20,
24, 28, 36, 38, 152-153, 157, 161,
215, 218, 221, 225-235, 254, 272,
307, 312, 323, 335;
ownership and usage rights 74-76, 80, 106, 123-124, 137, 168-172, 211, 213-215, 220, 254, 270,
286, 329, 353, 357;
spiritual connection to 13, 28,
65, 69-70, 74, 79-80, 83-84, 104,
127, 166, 173, 181, 215, 232,
255, 258-259, 366, 372, 374, 302,
332, 350.
See also banua, tanah
land tenure. See land, ownership and
usage rights
longhouse 21, 28, 67, 74, 368
marriage, and land 18, 25, 49-51, 73,
121, 140-142, 149, 171, 256-257,
264, 287, 303, 312-314
Mekeo, North 23, 33, 277-297, 374-375
metaphors, body 25, 33, 77, 170, 222,
268, 278-279, 281-284;
botanic 25, 45, 74, 160-163, 165,
244, 302, 304-305, 309-311;
spatial 24, 74-75, 142, 163, 277,
283
migration 11, 13, 15-18, 25, 76, 122-123, 138, 140, 142-143, 158, 211,
222, 224-225, 242-243, 260, 286,
300, 305, 307-309, 317, 335, 352,
373.
See also origin, histories of
mobility. See migration
moieties 25, 68, 74, 285, 287, 292, 297,
303, 311-316
movement. See migration
Muslims. See Islam, influence of
nation state, modern 16, 24, 27, 36, 83,
148, 151, 159, 203-205, 213, 254,
269, 324, 345, 355-359, 373
negara. See states, pre-modern
oral history. See origin, histories of
origin 12, 18-19, 25, 39, 41, 121-122,
142, 164, 267, 303, 323;
histories of 11, 13, 18, 35, 43,
45-49, 52-54, 70-71, 73, 77-79,
95, 114-115, 119, 143-144, 157,
166-167, 212-215, 223-224, 231,
241, 244-245, 261-262, 265, 303,
306, 310, 330-331, 347-352
Pentecost, North 23, 33-34, 299-321,
325, 330, 331, 338, 369, 372
postmodern condition 11, 14
place, concepts of 11, 13-14, 15-17, 19,
66, 73-74, 119, 136, 176, 218,
256, 267, 279, 301, 304, 323, 328,
346, 350, 351, 357, 359.
See also emplacement
precedence 13, 18-20, 25, 28, 30, 32,
42-43, 65, 68-74, 81, 115, 124,
161-168, 170-173, 176, 181, 208,
218, 222, 225, 233, 240, 242-44,
248, 251, 259, 267, 287, 321, 324,
327, 332, 338, 366, 370, 375
resource scarcity 17, 20, 27, 78-79, 105,
225
ritual, relating to land or place 13, 26,
28, 31, 56, 65, 70-73, 77, 87-88,
90, 95-98, 104, 119, 161, 168,
181-182, 184, 216-217, 227, 243,
266, 279, 287, 331-332, 334, 356
Roti 31-32, 173, 204, 206, 237-248, 374
sacred sites 11, 68-69, 73, 88, 116-119,
216, 257-258, 300, 332, 372
Seram 23, 30, 32, 75, 121, 135, 157-173,
216, 369-372
states, pre-modern 26-27, 29, 31, 79,
87, 89, 99-105, 120-121, 124,
136, 146-49, 179, 186-91, 193-197, 244, 355
status. See precedence
Sumatra 23, 27-28, 39-58, 66, 205, 373
tanah [land], reflexes of 22, 30, 33-34,
67, 179-182, 212, 277, 324-328,
330, 370
temples. See sacred sites
territorial, interests 15-17, 166;
categories 21-24, 31, 35, 44-45,
57, 66, 100-101, 136, 139, 157,
160, 168, 182-183, 190, 237-239,
246-247, 256, 277, 279, 301, 347,
359, 369;
institutions (local and inter-local)
21, 24, 25, 27-28, 58, 68-70, 79,
84-85, 88-89, 91, 139-140, 146,
166, 179-183, 191-193, 221, 293,
301-302, 369-373
title holders, with traditional authority
over land 42-44, 51, 57-58, 77,
116, 160-162, 167-168, 170, 181,
183, 187-189, 191, 211, 213, 218-221, 223, 225, 241, 244, 246-248,
257, 293259, 286-287, 332-334,
353-355, 370
Timor (West) 32, 155, 237-246, 374
Tonga 23, 26, 34, 345-364, 373
topogeny 13, 19-20, 25, 166, 167, 176,
218, 308
tourism 83, 103, 105-107, 111-112, 254,
266, 367
Vanuatu 33-34, 67, 299-342, 300, 372.
See also Ambrym, North and
Pentacost, North
warfare 16, 46, 61, 89, 102, 155, 157,
159-160, 164, 166-167, 170, 174-175, 188, 211, 219-220, 223-226,
228-229, 236, 240, 245, 257,
264-265, 285, 292-293, 334, 355