History of Number Evidence from Papua New Guinea and Oceania /

• Main Authors: Owens, Kay (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Lean, Glen (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Paraide, Patricia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Muke, Charly (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: History of Mathematics Education,
• Subjects: Mathematics-Study and teaching .; Mathematics.; History.; Mathematics Education.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This unique volume presents an ecocultural and embodied perspective on understanding numbers and their history in indigenous communities.  The book focuses on research done in Papua New Guinea, and will help educators understand humanity's use of numbers, and their development and change. The a...

Table of Contents:

• An Overview of the Studies, Papua New Guinea, Oceania, Languages and Migrations
• The Languages Studied by Lean and his Analysis of Counting Systems
• 2-Cycle Systems Including Some Digit Tally Systems
• Body-Part Tally Systems
• 5-Cycle Systems
• 10-Cycle Systems
• 4- and 6-Cycle Systems
• Number and Counting in Context Including Classifications
• Testing the Diffusion Theory
• Towards a Prehistory of Number
• Indigenous and Western Knowledge
• Integration of Indigenous Knowledge in Formal Learning Environments
• Rewriting the History of Number from Papua New Guinea and Oceania Evidence.