[Note: this trAnscription wAs produced by An AutomAtic OCR engine]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

List of mAps



MAp 1: ApproximAte extension of the Western Desert culturAl bloc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
MAp 2: PrincipAl locAtions mentioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
MAp 3: Simplified mAp of the diffusion of the western section system And of the

Western Desert lAnguAge expAnsion, 2000 to 1000 yeArs B.P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
MAp 4: Distribution of section systems in Western AustrAliA At the beginning of the

20“‘ century According to MAthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

MAp 5: Key to locAtion of groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

MAp 6: Distribution And possible routes of diffusion of cAtegories of sections . . . . . . . . . . . .39

MAp 7: Distribution of PAljeri including the AlyAwArA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

MAp 8: SchemAtic “linguistic” And “logicAl” routes of the diffusion of PAljeri . . . . . . . . . . . .45

MAp 9: Routes of diffusion And replAcement of PAljeri And PAnAkA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

MAp 10: Distribution of combinAtions of cAtegories by four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

MAp 11: Diffusion of sections in the Western Desert to the Pintupi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

MAp 12: Routes of difl°usion of sections without substitution into the Western Desert . . . . . .65
MAp 13: Rules of substitution prAgmAtic equivAlences of sections in the Western Desert. . .65
MAp 14: Hypotheses on the origin of section nAmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

MAp 15: Distribution of relAtive terms for generAtionAl moieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

MAp 16: Distribution of Absolute terms for generAtionAl moieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

MAp 17: NgAAtjAtjArrA intemAl networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

MAp 18: SchemAtised trAde routes And difliision of sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

MAp 19: SchemAtised DreAming trAcks And diffusion of sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
List of figures

Figure 1: FormAl representAtion of the four—section system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 2: FormAl exAmple of differences in section nAmes And their structurAl positions . . . .31
Figure 3: TheoreticAl substitutions Among cAtegories in the spAtiAl distribution

of pAirs of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Figure 4: TrAnsitions from the PilbArA AreA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Figure 5: MArriAge And filiAtion between sections At LAverton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Figure 6: Mother-child relAtions in the LAverton system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Figure 7: FAther—child relAtions in the LAverton system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Figure 8: Sections At LAverton And KAlgoorlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Figure 9: Mother—child relAtions in KAlgoorlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Figure 10: KAlgoorlie systems, comprising MAndjindjA And WAljen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63