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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