Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface 1
4. 1. Native American Number Systems 3
5. 2. Numerical Representations in North American Rock Art 45
6. 3. Some Notes on Quantification and Numerals in an Amazon Indian Language 71
7. 4. The Calendrical and Numerical Systems of the Nootka 93
8. 5. Chumash Numerals 109
9. 6. Cultural Ecology of Mathematics: Ojibway and Inuit Hunters 129
10. 7. Tallies and the Ritual Use of Number in Ojibway Pictography 181
11. 8. A Survey of Aztec Numbers and Their Uses 213
12. 9. Decipherment and Some Implications of Aztec Numerical Glyphs 237
13. 10. Mathematical Ideas of the Incas 261
14. 11. The Mathematical Notation of the Ancient Maya 291
15. 12. The Zero in the Mayan Numerical Notation 371
16. 13. In Search of Mesoamerican Geometry 387
17. References 409
18. Contributors 432