Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- A note on orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The language of classification
- 3 Processes of identification and the structure of categories
- 4 The relations between non-basic categories
- 5 Consistency, sharing and flexibility
- 6 Social intrusions and cultural styles
- 7 Changes in classifying behaviour
- 8 Cognition and the cultural relations of prehension
- Appendix 1 Checklist of terrestrial mammal fauna (excluding bats) recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 2 Checklist of bats (CHIROPTERA) recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 3 Checklist of birds recorded in and around the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 4 Checklist of testudines recorded for the Nuaulu area of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 5 Checklist of lizards and related forms recorded for the Nuaulu area of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 6 Checklist of snakes recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 7 Checklist of amphibians recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 8 Checklist of fishes and marine mammals recorded in and around the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 9 Checklist of insects recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 10 Checklist of molluscs recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 11 Checklist of Crustacea recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 12 Checklist of Arachnid specimens recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 13 Checklist of annelids, echinoderms, myriapods and related forms featuring in Nuaulu terminology and knowledge, 1970–75
- Notes
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Index of Nuaulu animal names
- Index of scientific names for animal species mentioned in the text
- Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- A note on orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The language of classification
- 3 Processes of identification and the structure of categories
- 4 The relations between non-basic categories
- 5 Consistency, sharing and flexibility
- 6 Social intrusions and cultural styles
- 7 Changes in classifying behaviour
- 8 Cognition and the cultural relations of prehension
- Appendix 1 Checklist of terrestrial mammal fauna (excluding bats) recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 2 Checklist of bats (CHIROPTERA) recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 3 Checklist of birds recorded in and around the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 4 Checklist of testudines recorded for the Nuaulu area of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 5 Checklist of lizards and related forms recorded for the Nuaulu area of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 6 Checklist of snakes recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 7 Checklist of amphibians recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 8 Checklist of fishes and marine mammals recorded in and around the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 9 Checklist of insects recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 10 Checklist of molluscs recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 11 Checklist of Crustacea recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 12 Checklist of Arachnid specimens recorded in the Nuaulu region of south central Seram, 1970–75
- Appendix 13 Checklist of annelids, echinoderms, myriapods and related forms featuring in Nuaulu terminology and knowledge, 1970–75
- Notes
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
- Index of Nuaulu animal names
- Index of scientific names for animal species mentioned in the text
- Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Summary
This work comprises eight interconnected essays which address the main arguments, findings and implications of my research on Nuaulu animal classification conducted over a period of 22 years. Included also are 13 appendices which systematically list most Nuaulu animal terms in order of their phylogenetic glosses. The exigencies of academic publishing have prevented a more detailed treatment of each category and their immediate interconnections here, though this can be found in a companion volume, Nuaulu ethnozoology: a systematic inventory, produced by the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Wherever statements require further ethnographic expansion or elucidation in the text which follows, reference should be made to this volume. I have not generally cross-referenced between the two works since the possible ways in which the companion volume might be used as a back-up are potentially so numerous.
Some of the material included in this volume has previously appeared elsewhere, though it is generally used here in a revised and modified form.
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- The Cultural Relations of ClassificationAn Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram, pp. xv - xviiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993