The Great Divide

174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 192, 193–5, 196–220, 224, 225, 229, 252–3, 305, 315–16, 317, 318, 319, 321, 322, 326, 387, 400, 405, 415, 416, 417, 428, 432, 506–7, 509, 512, 519
    dukkha , 330, 331, 332
    Dumbarton Oaks collection, 226
    Dumuzi, 284
    Durán, Fray Diego, 219, 424, 528
    ‘dying and rising tree god’ myths, 44, 45, 46
    dysentery, 542, 543
    Dyukhtai, 7, 14, 15, 71
     
    eagle, 311, 315, 323, 474
    Eannatum, 274
    Early Archaic period, 68, 242
    earth monster, 308
    earthquakes, 28, 31, 44, 92, 93, 94, 95, 154, 160, 161, 180, 235, 236, 252, 269, 318, 381, 389, 435, 443, 504, 514
    East Asia, 12, 28, 29 see also names of countries
    Eastern St Louis, 410
    Eastern Woodlands, 237
    East-West Corridor, 34, 44–5, 46, 102, 104, 114
    East-West orientation/movement, 45, 100, 102–3, 114, 115, 503, 504, 510, 511
    Ebla, 276
    Economic Botany , 193
    Ecuador, 101, 186, 187, 208, 231, 257, 314, 317, 320, 386, 487, 494
    Eden, expulsion from, 134, 349
    edentates, 67
    egalitarianism, 336, 337, 338, 356, 357, 364, 502
    Egtved, 173
    Egypt, 44, 86, 99, 100, 103, 104, 108, 115, 156, 161, 165, 173, 175, 250, 254, 255, 257, 258, 275, 276, 280, 282, 283, 284, 291, 294, 349, 350, 352, 359, 366, 368, 371, 377, 459, 460, 464
    einkorn wheat, 125
    Einstein, Albert, 155
    El, 340, 350
    Elam (people), 85–6, 273
    Elburz mountains, 277
    Elea, 376
    elephants, 67
    Eleusian mysteries, 175
    Eliade, Mircea, 150
    Elijah, 341, 342
    elks, 52, 65, 71
    Elliott, John, 524, 530
    El Manatí, 302, 306
    El Mirador, 394
    El Nin˜o/ENSO (El Nin˜o Southern Oscillation), 41, 84–5, 89–91, 92, 156, 180, 235, 236, 263, 269, 318, 381, 384, 389, 430, 431, 435, 484, 504, 512, 513, 515, 517, 519
    Elohim, 342, 343
    El Paraiso, 267, 310
    El Salvador, 93, 200, 220, 223, 304, 478, 485
    El Tajin, 418 , 423–4, 429, 430
    Elysian Fields, 134
    emmer wheat, 109, 125, 173
    Empedocles of Acragas, 347, 374–5
    En Bas Saline, 186
    encephalitis, 542
    enema rituals, 216
    England, 58, 455 see also Britain/United Kingdom
    English Channel, 501
    Enki, 262
    ENSO see El Nin˜o/ENSO
    Enuma elis (Babylonian Creation myth), 285, 347
    environmental factors see natural/environmental factors
    Eocene era, 62, 67
    epena, 317
    Ephedra, 176, 177
    ephedrine, 176
    Ephesus, 379
    Epic of Creation, 276
    Epic of Gilgamesh, 276
    equids, 142 see also names of animals
    ergot, 177n, 198
    Eridu, 33, 261–2, 263, 264, 265–6, 268, 269
    Erlandson, Jon, 70
    Erythroxylum genus, 213 see also coca
    Eskimo, 50, 52, 201
    Eskimo-Aleut language family, 18, 19
    espingo ( Nectandra ), 387
    Ethiopia, 124
    Etna, 93
    Euphrates River, 27, 85, 97, 102, 103, 260, 263
    Eurasiatic language family, 18, 19
    Euripides, 324
    Europe, 5, 12, 27, 31, 43, 44, 45, 46, 58, 69, 77–8, 81–2, 93, 100, 101, 106, 116–17, 126, 128, 137, 142, 143, 144, 146–7, 148, 149–54, 162–3, 165, 166–7, 169, 171, 172, 178, 194, 211, 222, 279, 280, 365, 444–59, 460, 462, 463, 464–5, 499, 501, 511, 525, 529, 544 see also names of countries
    Eve, 134, 135
    Evenk, 49–50
    evolution, 372, 538
    experimental approach, 363
    experimental method, 457
    Eyak, 441
    eyeglasses, 457
    Eynan-Mallaha, 130
    Ezekiel, 344
     
    Fagan, Brian, 15, 132, 300, 305, 315, 386, 389, 398, 407, 474, 481
    Fairbanks, 15
    Fall,mythofthe, 134–5
    Farah, Caesar, 447
    farming see agriculture/farming
    Fate Bell Shelter, 195
    Feathered Serpent/Plumed Serpent, 307–8, 391, 397 see also Quetzalcoatl; Vision Serpent
    Fedorov, Ivan, 56
    felines, 226–34, 311, 323, 388 see also jaguar; puma
    Ferdinand, King, xvi, 530
    Fertile Crescent, 85–6, 107, 108, 124, 125, 126, 127, 137, 277, 460 see also names of places
    fertility, 46, 107, 122, 124, 131, 133, 137, 154, 164, 225, 234, 235, 307, 388, 437, 504, 507–8, 511, 512
    figurines, 33, 77, 119–21, 123, 131, 133, 136, 163, 230, 304, 304 , 309, 411, 419, 420
    Finland, 205
    fire, 74, 219
    fireballs, 157
    fire-serpents, 399
    fire shrines/fire rituals, 175–7
    First Dynasty (Egypt), 350
    fish/fishing, 148, 240–1, 250, 256, 258, 259, 262, 264, 268, 455
    Flanders, 454, 455, 465
    Flannery, Kent, 399
    Flannery, Timothy, 11, 69, 72, 96
    flax, 107, 125, 143, 144, 465
    flaying, 482, 483
    ‘flood comet’, 156, 289
    floods/flood myths, 23, 26–35, 37, 38–9, 40, 41, 43–4, 45, 66, 81, 154, 160–1, 260
    Florence, 451
    Florentine Codex , 530
    Florescano, Enrique, 120, 481, 513–14
    Florida, 70, 218, 242, 408, 409, 410, 525
    fluting/fluted points, 70, 71–4, 75, 238
    fly-agaric ( Amanita muscaria ), 53–4, 200,