Symmetries of Culture

Year: 2001 Authors: Donald W. Crowe

Core claim

Classifying plane-pattern symmetries can reveal cultural relationships and independent discoveries of geometric structure across societies.

Topics

plane pattern symmetry, cultural analysis, two-color patterns, field studies

Domains

group theory, Euclidean geometry, crystallographic groups, isometries, ornament, textile and pottery patterns, bark-cloth decoration, spear decoration

Methods

symmetry classification, comparative pattern analysis, field observation, cataloging

Media

patterns, pottery, spears, bark cloth

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