CONTENT
Abstract
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 1
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PRELIMINARY MATTERS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Scope and purpose of the study
1.3 Sources of data
1.4 The linguistic situation
1.5 Theories of migration and prehistory
1.6 The description and classification of data
1.7 Organization of the study
CHAPTER 2
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TALLIES AND 2-CYCLE SYSTEMS
2.1 The existence and nature of 2-cycle systems
2.2 2-cycle systems in New Guinea
2.3 Summary of 2-cycle system data
2.4 The existence of body-part tally methods
2.5 Body-part tally methods in New Guinea
2.6 The distribution of body-part tally methods
CHAPTER 3
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5-CYCLE SYSTEMS
3.1 The existence and nature of 5-cycle systems
3.2 5-cycle systems in New Guinea and Oceania
3.3 Systems with a (5) or (5, 20) cyclic pattern
3.4 Systems with a (5, 10) cyclic pattern
3.5 Systems with a (5, 10, 20) cyclic pattern
3.6 Summary
CHAPTER 4
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10-CYCLE SYSTEMS
4.1 The existence and nature of 10-cycle systems
4.2 10-cycle systems in the NAN languages
4.3 10-cycle systems in the AN languages (New Guinea)
4.4 10-cycle systems in Island Melanesia
4.5 10-cycle systems in Polynesia
4.6 10-cycle systems in Micronesia
4.7 Summary of 10-cycle system data
CHAPTER 5
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4- AND 6-CYCLE SYSTEMS
5.1 The existence and nature of 4-cycle systems
5.2 4-cycle systems among the NAN languages
5.3 4-cycle systems among the AN languages
5.4 Summary of 4-cycle system data
5.5 The existence and nature of 6-cycle systems
5.6 6-cycle systems in the NAN languages
5.7 Summary of 6-cycle data and general commentary
CHAPTER 6
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NUMBER AND COUNTING IN CONTEXT
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The importance of number in traditional societies
6.3 What is, and what is not, counted in traditional societies?
6.4 Numerical classification
6.5 Large numbers in the NAN and AN languages
CHAPTER 7
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TESTING THE DIFFUSION THEORY
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The origin of diffusion theories
7.3 Seidenberg's theory
7.4 Counting systems and diffusion
7.5 Changes which occur to counting systems
7.6 A critique of Seidenberg's theory
CHAPTER 8
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TOWARDS A PREHISTORY OF NUMBER
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Counting systems and tallies of the NAN languages
8.3 Reconstructing the prehistory of number in the NAN languages
8.4 Reconstructing the prehistory of number in the AN languages
8.5 Genealogies of enumeration in New Guinea and Oceania
CHAPTER 9
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FINALE
9.1 Summary and conclusions
9.2 Afterwords
REFERENCES
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