There is a branch of social science/maths called "ethnomathematics" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnomathematics that is a good place to start to look.
The work I know by anthropologists is not so easy to find outside special libraries ... but there is a bit on the net ... http://www.culturecognition.com/home https://www.jstor.org/stable/41187615? (need sign up but its free) http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.590.2110&rep=rep1&type=pdf (technical overview of Papua Guinea tally systems; some of the concepts in it like "cycles" are good). TT On Friday, 11 October 2019 19:12:18 UTC+2, ILYA wrote: > > There was a system base 12 which uses segments of a finger. > > https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=U6xJfP7-HCc > > > On 11 October 2019 09:28:57 GMT-07:00, "@TiddlyTweeter" < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Birthe C wrote: >>> >>> Do they go all dementia senilis then if they get a limb amputation? >>> >> >> Lol. Its not a bad question! >> >> With higher numbers many body part counting systems do refer to other >> people's bodies. >> For instance for numbers over 10 (decimal 27) you could count someone >> else's parts (10 me + 10 Birthe + 4 Mark = 58 decimal). >> And if you lacked an arm (makes your body base-18) you could might count >> someone else's bits to make up :-). >> >> Whilst linguistics has correct focus on the "inalienability of body >> concepts", especially in oral cultures, that won't apply to counting which >> is ennumertion of body parts. >> >> TT >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/be3352f0-9c8c-46e8-83b3-1e07e51f1a2c%40googlegroups.com.
