J)
(1980) noted that an anthropological survey of property and
.wnership behaviors was recommended 30 years ago, but has
yet to be done. The two other components of Rohner's (1975)
universalist approach would involve experimental cognitive
studies and field research of selected communities. In
further studies, it would probably be more helpful to focus
on the more atypical and perhaps deviant examples of
ownership in order to examine the boundary conditions at
which the redundancies of cognitive rules would be
minimized. The topic of ownership is both basic and
complex. Further research might help identify the important
components of the concept and how they relate to each other.
Perhaps eventually, the internal semantic. structure of the
concept of ownership can be sufficiently understood that
situational and cross-cultural variations can be explained
and disputes moderated.