The Great Divide

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    Bablyon/Babylonia, 44, 103, 260, 272, 277, 285, 342, 344, 347, 371
    Bacon, Francis, 533
    Bac-T’ul, 419
    Baghdad, 460, 462
    Bahamas, xxvii-xxviii
    Bahlum Kak, 396
    Bahn, Paul, 119
    Bailey, Geoffrey, 33–4
    Baja Peninsula, 83
    baking, 113
    Balkans, 150, 163, 166, 499
    ball game/ball courts, 302, 390, 393, 398, 407, 422–8, 429, 433, 508–9, 516
    Balter, Michael, 132
    bananas, 115
    Bandelier, Adolph F., 539
    Bandkeramik , 166
    Bangladesh, 252
    banking, 454
    Bangor, 44
    Banisteriopsis , 177, 196–7, 208, 209, 253
    Banpo, 88
    Bantu, 101, 115
    barbarians, 293, 296, 297, 325
    Barbé-Marbois, Marquis de, 535
    Barber, Elizabeth Wayland, 121
    Barber, Paul, 121
    Baring, Anne, 120, 284, 298
    barley, 34, 105, 106, 108, 109, 113, 115, 125, 173, 261
    Basra, 260, 460
    Bavaria, 117
    Bayer, Hermann, 301
    beach-combers/beachcombing, 4–5, 6, 14, 16, 24, 29, 123
    beans, 107, 108, 192, 409
    bearberry, 219
    Bear Lake, 40
    bears, 60, 60 , 66
    Bee Goddess, 283
    beer, 113, 172, 173, 174, 185, 186, 188, 222, 387, 455, 507
    Belcher, Stephen, 46
    Belize, 220
    Bellwood, Peter, 518
    Benedict, Ruth, 441
    Bengal, 38
    Benson, Elizabeth, 231, 388
    berdache , 54
    Berelekh, 14
    Bering, Vitus, 61
    Bering Land Bridge/Beringia, 5, 8, 11, 13, 15, 16, 20, 27, 37, 42, 45, 56–65, 67, 543
    Bering Strait, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 23, 48, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 63, 123, 526, 529
    Bermejo, Juan Rodríguez, xxvi
    betel-nut, 178
    Bethel, 341
    Bhagavid-Gita , 333
    bhakti , 333
    bible, 23, 26, 27, 44, 260, 352, 353, 370, 446, 529 see also Old Testament; New Testament
    Binford, Lewis, 136
    Bird Goddess, 163, 283
    birds, 67, 71, 315, 322, 323, 402 see also eagle; quetzal
    birth, 119–24, 131, 134, 135, 137 see also sexual intercourse/birth link
    bison, 60, 63, 67, 74, 75, 77, 122, 180, 195, 226, 237, 238–40, 287
    Black Death see plague, bubonic
    ‘Black Legend’, 524–5
    Black Sea, 280, 295, 347, 461, 464
    Blackwater, 70
    Blanton, Richard, 397, 400
    blast furnace, 455
    Bletter, Nathaniel, 221
    Blom, Frans, 301
    blood-letting, 391, 393, 396, 397, 400, 415–20, 421–2, 429, 431, 432, 516, 519
    Bluefish Caves, 15
    Boas, Frank, 441
    bobcats, 67
    Boccaccio, Giovanni, 465
    Bolivia, 93, 182, 183, 205, 253, 383, 384, 386, 487
    Bonampak, 436
    Bonfire Shelter, 195, 238
    books, 354–5
    Borneo, 31, 33, 44, 50, 104, 462
    Bourget, Steve, 389, 430–1, 491, 513
    bows, 281, 282–3, 396, 338, 358 see also archers/bowmen
    boxing matches, 429–30, 431 , 431
    Brahma, 98
    brahmacarin , 329
    Brahman ( brahman ), 328, 330
    brahmancarya , 329
    brain, 12, 13
    Braudel, Fernand, 51, 287, 503
    Brazil, 84, 157, 186, 204, 205, 206, 207, 216, 218, 532
    brewing, 113 see also beer
    Bridbury, A.R., 447
    bridle, 296
    Britain/United Kingdom, 149, 152–3, 156, 449, 464, 465, 501 see also England; Wales
    British Columbia, 201, 241, 441
    British Guyana, 157
    Brittany, 45, 152–3, 166
    ‘broadcast’ seeding, 109, 141
    Broken Bow crater, 156, 157
    Broken Mammoth site, 71
    bronze, 278–9, 280, 293
    Bronze Age, 154–9, 162, 173, 175, 271, 273, 278–9, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 289, 294, 296, 297, 298, 300, 324, 326, 327, 348, 356, 358, 421, 472, 510
    Brotherston, Gordon, 527
    Bruges, 454, 465
    Bryant, Edward, 328
    Bryson, Reid, 83
    Buddha (Siddhatta Gotama), 324, 331–2
    Buddhism, 324, 331–2, 348, 445, 447
    buffalo, 544
    Buffon, Comte de, 533–4, 535, 538
    Bufo marinus , 206, 428
    bull, 131–2, 137, 138, 149, 154, 249, 284, 290, 291, 507
    Bull Brook, 78
    Bulletin of Volcano Eruptions , 92
    Bureau of American Ethnology, 408
    Burger, Richard, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321, 513
    burials/graves/cemeteries, 26, 68–9, 116, 130, 133, 150, 151, 152, 158, 168–9, 242–3, 251, 252–3, 311, 322, 388, 394, 408–9, 411, 415
    Burkett, Walter, 160, 350
    Burma, 41, 102
    Byblos, 367
    Byzantium/Byzantine empire, 294, 499
     
    cacao ( Theobroma cacao ), 180, 220–4, 479, 513
    cactus, 96, 201–2, 315, 317, 387, 424
    Caffa, 464
    Cahokia, 103, 189, 408, 409–10, 506
    Cahuachi, 383
    Cahuilla, 204
    Cain, 44, 349
    Cairo, 461, 464
    Calakmul, 233
    calendar, 309, 392–3, 397, 413, 434–5, 437, 440, 472, 479–80, 486, 508
    Caleto Abtao, 250
    California, 27, 38, 70, 83, 84, 100, 106, 203, 204, 389
    Californian Channel Islands, 70
    Callao, 318
    Callistus, Pope, 447
    calpulli , 477
    Camarones River, 250, 251
    camelids, 313 see also names of animals
    camels, 111, 142, 288, 289
    Campa, 209–10
    Campbell, Joseph, 298
    Campo Cielo, 157
    Canaan/Canaanites, 367–8
    Canada, 9, 19, 30,