Table of Contents
Alliance:Descent :: Emergent: Constructed -- Or, Why is African Art Fractal?
Source of Data on Fractals in African Art
Fractals in Settlements
What is a Fractal?
Pueblos Based on Euclidean Geometry
Comparison of NW Rattlesnake Motif with African Snake Motif: Euclidean versus Fractal
Fractals in Household Items
Fractals in Personal Adornment
Descent as Recursion
Nuer Lineages
Nuer Lineage Segments as a Fractal Structure
Tiwi Matrilineal Units
Tiwi “One-granny” Sibling Sets
Tiwi Matrilineal Sib
Tiwi Matrilineal super-sib
Tiwi Matrilineal Phratry (aramipi)
Tiwi Matrilineal Moieties
Diagram of Matrilineal Units and Marriage Exchanges
Tiwi Funerary Designs
How Can We Get Lineages Without Ancestors?
Kin Term Calculations
Kin Term Product (example, American Kinship Terminology)
Definition: Kin Term Product
Construct a Classificatory Terminology
“Father”, “Brother”, “Son” in a Classificatory Terminology
Generation of a Dravidian Terminology
Implications for Emergent Social Units
Contrast: Australia versus Africa
Implications
Conclusion
Emergent 4 Section System
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Author: Dwight Read
Email: dread@anthro.ucla.edu
Home Page: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/read/
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