[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