On 13/02/2013, at 6:01 AM, Rickard A. Parker wrote:
> . The Kuuk Thaayorre, however,
> did not routinely arrange the cards from left to
> right or right to left. They arranged them from
> east to west. That is, when they were seated facing
> south, the cards went left to right. When they faced
> north, the cards went from right to left. When they faced
> east, the cards came toward the body, and so on. We never told
> anyone which direction they were facing—the Kuuk Thaayorre
> knew that already and spontaneously used this spatial orienta-
> tion to construct their representations of time.

sort of like your shadow striding behind you and later rising to meet you

pete