Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 33 / Issue 05 / October 2010, pp 382-383
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10001925 (About DOI), Published online: 17 December 2010
Open Peer Commentary
Space, kinship, and mind
Giovanni Bennardoa1
a1 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. bennardo@niu.edu www.niu.edu/anthro/faculty_staff/faculty/bennardo.shtml
Abstract
In this commentary, I focus on Jones' suggestion of a close connection between the domain of space and that of kinship. I expand on that suggestion by introducing the concept of frame of reference and show how it can possibly participate to the generation of kinship systems.
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