Index
[Note: this transcription was produced by an autoM atic OCR engine]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
List of M aps
M ap 1: ApproxiM ate extension of the Western Desert cultural bloc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
M ap 2: Principal locations M entioned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
M ap 3: SiM plified M ap of the diffusion of the western section systeM and of the
Western Desert language expansion, 2000 to 1000 years B.P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
M ap 4: Distribution of section systeM s in Western Australia at the beginning of the
20“‘ century according to M athews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
M ap 5: Key to location of groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
M ap 6: Distribution and possible routes of diffusion of categories of sections . . . . . . . . . . . .39
M ap 7: Distribution of Paljeri including the Alyawara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
M ap 8: ScheM atic “linguistic” and “logical” routes of the diffusion of Paljeri . . . . . . . . . . . .45
M ap 9: Routes of diffusion and replaceM ent of Paljeri and Panaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
M ap 10: Distribution of coM binations of categories by four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
M ap 11: Diffusion of sections in the Western Desert to the Pintupi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
M ap 12: Routes of difl°usion of sections without substitution into the Western Desert . . . . . .65
M ap 13: Rules of substitution pragM atic equivalences of sections in the Western Desert. . .65
M ap 14: Hypotheses on the origin of section naM es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
M ap 15: Distribution of relative terM s for generational M oieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
M ap 16: Distribution of absolute terM s for generational M oieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
M ap 17: Ngaatjatjarra inteM al networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M ap 18: ScheM atised trade routes and difliision of sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
M ap 19: ScheM atised DreaM ing tracks and diffusion of sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
List of figures
Figure 1: ForM al representation of the four—section systeM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Figure 2: ForM al exaM ple of differences in section naM es and their structural positions . . . .31
Figure 3: Theoretical substitutions aM ong categories in the spatial distribution
of pairs of terM s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Figure 4: Transitions froM the Pilbara area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Figure 5: M arriage and filiation between sections at Laverton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Figure 6: M other-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: M other—child relations in Kalgoorlie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Figure 10: Kalgoorlie systeM s, coM prising M andjindja and Waljen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63