A description of the mathematical concepts

 of Groote Eylandt Aborigines

Judith Stokes

December 1982

Title page 

0.      Introduction

1.      Pure Number

1.1    Cardinal Number

1.2    Manipulation of Numbers

Pages 57 to 68 (PDF-332kb)

2.      Applied Number

2.1    Estimation

2.2    Time

2.3    Distance

Pages 69 to 98 (PDF-736kb)

2.4    Position

2.5    Speed

Pages 99 to 125 (PDF-666kb)

2.6    Space

2.7    Size

2.8    Mass

2.9    Capacity

2.10  Money

2.11  Age

3.     Conclusion

Appendices

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

References

Pages 125 to 152 (PDF-682kb)

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