ABSTRACT
Among the various systems of representation that form a culture, those concerning kinship and spatial relationships are obviously highly significant. These have been prime elements in human exchange and they are closely related in many societies. This chapter takes as its starting point the kinship systems of the Australian aboriginal societies studied by B.Glowczewski, an anthropologist. It reports the first part of more extensive research conducted jointly with him. The research aims at studying, by means of computer simulations, the conditions governing the observed structuring of territory in these societies.
