American Mathematical Monthly · 1999 · 105 citations · 0 references
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* List of Figures and Tables * Acknowledgments *1. Anthropology and the Philosophy of Arithmetic *2. The Cardinal Numbers and Their Social Relations *3. Ordinal Numerals: The Reproduction and Succession of Numbers *4. Yupay: Counting, Recounting, and the Fabric of Numbers *5. Quechua Arithmetic as an Art of Rectification *6. Numbers and Arithmetic in Pre-Hispanic and Colonial Andean Societies *7. Conclusions * Appendix: Quechua Number Symbols and Metaphors Notes * Bibliography Index