The Great Divide

Lakes, 15
    tanning, 455
    Tao/ dao , 340, 447
    Taoism/Daoism, 324, 445
    tapirage , 206
    tapirs, 67
    Tarahumara, 186
    Tarim Basin, 147
    taro, 106, 115
    Tartars, 533
    Tattooed Serpent, Chief, 408
    tattooing, 33
    taurobolium, 352–3
    Taurus Constellation, 291
    Tawa, 404
    Tawantinsuya, 488
    Taylor, Timothy, 135–6
    tectonic plates, 91–2, 125, 318 see also Pacific Plate; Nazca Plate
    Teenek people, 186
    teeth, 10–11
    Tehuantepec, 304
    Tell Abu Hureyra, 126, 130
    Tell Aswad, 126
    Tell el Amarna, 295, 367
    Tello, Julio, 312
    Temple of Danzantes, Monte Albán, 398
    Temple of Inscriptions, Palenqe, 396
    Temple of the Sun (Coricancha), Cuzco, 489, 493
    temple prostitution, 284
    temples, 90, 91, 233, 262, 265–6, 314, 318–19, 343, 344, 350, 354, 355, 384, 386, 387, 393, 394, 395, 396, 398, 436, 467, 470, 474, 478, 480–1, 489, 493
    Ten Commandments, 341, 350, 368, 369
    Tenetehara, 218
    Tengi, 297, 310
    Tenochtitlán, 93, 233, 425, 436–7, 467, 468, 470, 476–7, 478, 479, 480–1, 482, 483, 485
    teosinte, 185, 186, 188, 505
    Teotihuácan, 198–9, 199 , 395, 397, 398, 401–2, 428, 468, 469, 470, 471
    Tepanec, 477
    Tepantitla Palace, 198–9, 428
    Tepe Asiab, 273
    Tepeyollotli, 234
    Teratornis meeriami , 67
    Tertiary era, 61, 62
    Teshub, 99
    Texas, 70, 195, 227
    Texcoco/Texcocans, 477, 536
    textiles/cloth, 143–4, 242, 244, 289, 311–12, 318, 321, 381, 386, 453, 455, 456, 459, 465 see also names of textiles
    Tezcatlipoca, 219, 234, 421, 472, 513
    Tezozomoc, 439
    Thailand, 30, 102, 104, 178
    Thales of Miletus, 371–2, 376
    Thebes, 359
    Themistocles, 362, 363
    Theobroma cacao see cacao
    theology, 355, 444, 445, 446, 458, 459
    Theothrastus, 351
    Thomas, Robert, 455–6, 457
    Thornton, Russell, 542–3, 544
    Thrace, 347
    three-field system, 455, 456
    Thutmose, 282
    Tiahuanaco, 429
    Tiamat, 285, 347
    Tibet, 11, 41, 289
    Tibetan plateau, 82, 83, 89
    Tien Shan mountains, 114
    Tierra del Fuego, 8
    Tiesler, Vera, 433
    tigers, sabre-toothed, 60
    Tigris River, 27, 85, 102, 103, 260, 263
    Tigris-Euphrates valley, 114
    Tikal, 233, 394–5
    Tilantongo, 398
    tin, 278, 279, 293
    Titans, 372
    Titicaca Basin, 187
    Titus, 350
    Tiwanaku, 182, 187, 214, 253, 384–6, 488, 490
    Tlacaelel, 477
    Tlacaxipehualiztli, 233–4
    Tlacopan, 477
    Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, 474
    Tlaloc, 401, 402, 417, 478, 481
    Tlaloques, 424
    Tlatelolco, 479
    Tlaxcala, 433
    Tlingit, 42
    toads, 205–6, 428
    tobacco, 101, 180, 204, 207, 215–19, 222, 224, 408, 416
    Toba Volcano eruption, 24–5, 26, 43, 154
    Tochtepec, 425
    To Kabinana, 44
    tokens, clay, 272–3
    Toledo, 500
    Tollan see Tula
    Toltecs, 99, 230, 233, 402, 429, 436, 468–9, 472, 473–4, 475, 476, 477, 478, 495, 513, 515, 536
    Tonala River, 301
    tools, 4, 14, 15–16, 25, 28, 29, 88, 130, 237–8, 279
    Topiltzin Quatzalcoatl, 471–3
    Torah, 354, 368
    Tormey, Daniel, 94
    tornadoes, 96
    torture, 421–2, 517
    totems, 76
    traction complex, 141, 142, 144, 147, 171, 180
    trade/commerce, 140, 144, 146, 147, 170, 223, 257, 331, 370, 378–9, 407, 450, 454, 459, 460, 509
    Trail Creek, 15
    trance, 48–9, 52, 53, 117, 197, 253, 316, 391, 393, 415, 416, 516, 517
    Trans-Caspian region, 147
    transformation, 194, 197, 205, 226, 315, 317, 321, 435, 506
    Transoxiana, 460
    Trans-Pecos Texas, 195
    transport, 142–3
    transvestism, 54, 432
    TRB see Funnel Beaker culture
    Tree of Knowledge, 134
    Tres Zapotes, 301, 302
    Triana, Rodrigo de, xvi
    tribute, 411, 481 482
    Trichocereus pachanoi , 201
    trickster myths, 41–2, 54
    Trois Frères Cave, 48, 49 , 116–17, 117 , 122
    Trujillo, 492, 519
    tryptamines, 204, 317
    tryptanosomiasis, 543
    tsentsak , 209
    tsetse fly, 115
    tsunamis, 28, 31, 94, 121, 156, 157, 160, 161, 252, 514
    tuan , 339
    Tukano, 197–8, 228
    Tula (Tollan), 400, 402, 468–9, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474
    Tunguska impact, 156, 157
    Tungus-speakers, 50
    Turbina corymbosa , 428
    Turkey, 124, 126, 132, 161, 370, 377
    turkeys, 100, 111
    Turkmenistan, 175
    Turks, 294, 460, 499–500
    Turks and Caicos islands, xxviii
    Turner, Christy, 10, 11, 20
    Tutankhamun, 280
    Tuva Mongols, 169
    typhus, 542, 543
    tyrant, 361
     
    Uaxactún, 394, 395
    Ubaid culture, 33, 85
    Uelen, 6
    Ukraine, 142, 163
    Umma, 263
    Unangan language, 50
    Underworld, 222, 283, 284, 390, 396, 401, 413, 425, 426, 481, 508, 512
    Ungnadia speciosa , 195
    ungulates, 64 see also names of animals
    United Kingdom see Britain/United Kingdom
    United States, 71, 75, 76, 100, 108, 124, 157, 424, 440–1 see also names of states
    universe, ideas about,