Index
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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