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Base valued numbers (Poseidon Software and Invention, USA)

Presents some historical aspects of numbers (eg, 'Trading and numbers') and gives examples of different number base systems (eg, 'Base 2 (binary)' and 'Base 5 (hand)').
http://www.psinvention.com/zoetic/basenumb.htm

Indigenous mathematics – a rich diversity (Glen Lean Ethnomathematics Centre, Australia)

An overview of the different counting systems and other mathematical concepts that are used in Papua New Guinea and Oceania.
http://www.uog.ac.pg/glec/Key/Kay/diversity.htm

Maths 'needs to listen' to other cultures (News Online, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Explores the connections between mathematics and different cultures.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200602/s1572327.htm

Ethnomathematics in Australia (The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Studies)

Provides a series of articles on Aboriginal mathematics.
http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/exhibitions/ethnomathmatics/ethno_contents.htm

Links to Pacific Islander ethnomathematics (International Study Group for Ethnomathematics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Included in the available links are 'Oceania – mathematics and the liberal arts' and 'Glen Lean Ethnomathematics Centre in Papua New Guinea'.
http://rpi.edu/~eglash/isgem.dir/links.dir/islands.htm

Ethnomathematics Digital Library (EDL) (Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, USA)

A new (and still growing) online database of ethnomathematics materials, with links to relevant websites.
http://www.ethnomath.org

University of St Andrews (Scotland)

• Mayan mathematics
  An overview of the mathematical achievements of the Mayan civilisation.
  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Mayan_mathematics.html

• Mathematics of the Incas
  Describes how the ancient Incas used knots in strings (quipu) as a method of recording numerical information.
  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/HistTopics/Inca_mathematics.html