The Great Divide

34, 105, 106, 107, 108, 113, 124
    Rick, John W., 319
    riding, 142, 145, 180, 292, 293, 295, 358, 509
    Rift Valley, 93
    Rig Veda , 36, 87, 165, 177, 282, 291, 329
    Ring of Fire, 40, 92, 93–5 see also Pacific Rim
    Rio Balsas region, 185
    Rio Carter string of craters, 155–6
    Rio Negro, 229
    Rio Seco, 268
    Rivea corymbosa (Morning Glory), 198, 199, 199 , 219
    river systems, 103–4 see also names of rivers
    roads, 489–90
    Robicsek, Francis, 218–19, 220
    Rockies (Rocky Mountains), 96, 237, 409
    rock shelters, 195
    Rodríguez, María del Carmen, 306
    Romania, 39
    Romans, 101, 102, 279, 291, 352, 354, 355, 367, 449, 460
    Rome, 379
    root and tuber crops, 105, 106, 108–9, 110, 113–14
    Rose, Jeffrey, 260
    rubber, 180, 424–5
    Rudra, 329, 333
    Ruhlen, Merritt, 18–19, 20
    Russia, 11, 37, 50, 56, 77, 93, 114, 119, 294, 326, 533
    Ryder, M. L., 290
    rye, 105
     
    Sabal Palm, 242
    sacrifice, 26, 118, 159–62, 168–9, 232, 233–4, 235–6, 284, 306–7, 326–7, 328, 333–4, 342–3, 344–5, 348, 349, 350–1, 352–3, 354, 355, 357, 367, 385, 386–7, 388, 389, 395, 399–400, 402, 405, 408, 410, 411, 412, 418 , 419, 420, 421, 422, 426, 427, 429, 430 , 431, 433, 434, 436–7, 467–8, 472, 473, 475, 477, 478, 480, 481, 482–3, 484, 485, 486, 490–2, 513, 515, 516–17, 519
    saddles, 325
    Sahagún, Bernardino de, 468, 476, 479, 527, 530
    Sahara, 114, 115, 146, 291
    Sahel, 100, 113, 115
    sailing, 34, 102, 490 see also ships/shipbuilding
    St Lawrence River, 103, 529
    Sakas, 295
    Sakka, 331
    Salaman, Redcliffe, 181
    Salamis, 363
    Salas, Manuel de, 535–6
    Sale, Kirkpatrick, 544–5
    Salinas de Chao, 268, 310
    salmon, 240–1
    salmonella, 543
    Samana Cay, xxviii
    Samkhya, 330–1
    samnyasins (renouncers), 329
    samsara (rebirth), 331, 333
    Samos, 373
    San, 117
    San Augustín, 227
    San José Mogote, 397
    San Juan Basin, 406
    San Lorenzo, 206, 230, 302–3, 541
    San Pedro cactus, 315, 317, 321, 387
    San Salvador island, xxvii, xxix
    Sanskrit, 17, 18, 291
    Santa Ana, 93
    Santa Maria ,xxv,xxvi
    Santiago, 210
    Santillán, Hernán, 525
    Saône, River, 456
    sapodilla tree, 395
    Saqqara, 295
    Sarasvati, 98
    Sarasvati River, 35–6, 87
    Saryu River, 35
    Sasanian period, 174
    Satapatha-Brahman , 350
    Saudi Arabia, 156, 157
    Saudi and Yemeni peninsula, 260
    Saunders, Nicholas, 230, 233, 234, 469
    Saw Palmetto, 242
    Scandinavia, 157, 167
    scarab, 352
    Scarre, Chris, 152
    Schele, Linda, 390, 391, 393, 416, 417, 420, 421, 422, 427
    schistosomiasis, 129
    Schlegel, Friedrich von, 536, 537
    Schmandt-Besserat, Denise, 272–3
    scholars, 451–3, 457–9
    School of Salamanca, 530
    Schopenhauer, Arthur, 536, 537–8
    Schrödinger, Erwin, 370, 371, 374
    Science , 62
    science/scientific thought, 368, 369, 370–5, 376, 446, 458, 459, 510
    scopolamine, 203
    scribes, 275
    Scythians, 175, 207, 295
    sea levels, 5, 6, 16, 28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 40, 57, 59, 61, 65, 104, 127, 240, 260, 262
    sea lions, 430, 431
    sea monsters, 43
    seaweed, 16–17
    Sechin Alto, 310
    secondary products revolution, 139–48
    secularization of politics, 361, 363
    sedentism, 112, 128, 129, 136, 137, 138, 149, 243–4, 254
    seed culture, 105, 107, 112, 114 see also cereals
    Segovia, Rodrigo Sánches de, xxvi
    Seirites, 368
    Sekhmet, 284
    Seler, Eduard, 540
    Selerikan River, 63
    Seljuks, 460
    Semitic alphabet, 368
    Semitic-Hamitic languages, 147
    Semitic language, 101
    Semitic people, 289, 297, 298
    ‘separation’ myth, 23–5
    Sepúlveda, 530, 531
    Serabit al Khadem, 368
    Serengeti, 115
    serpent 307–8, 311, 322, 323, 399, 402, 409, 469, 471, 474 see also Feathered Serpent; Quetzalcoatl; Vision Serpent
    Set, 44, 99
    Seward Peninsula, 64
    sexual awareness, 134–5
    sexual intercourse/birth link see reproduction
    Shackleton, Ernest, 214
    Shady, Ruth, 187, 256–7, 258, 263, 269
    shamanism, 41–2, 48–55, 110, 117, 117 , 118, 122, 123, 132, 136, 137, 152, 154, 175, 192, 193–4, 195, 196, 197–8, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207–12, 216, 217, 218, 226, 228, 229, 230, 253, 254, 284, 297, 305–6, 312, 315–16, 317, 318, 319, 322, 329, 353, 387, 388, 389, 391–2, 393, 395, 397, 398, 401, 405, 407, 408, 414, 415, 431–2, 471, 473, 477–8, 483, 507, 508, 509, 513, 516, 517, 519
    Shandung Peninsula, 88
    Shang, 291, 333–4, 335
    Sharanahua, 209
    Shechem, 341
    sheep, 34, 60, 110, 111, 115, 123, 126, 140, 144, 171, 288–9, 289–90, 348–9, 350, 353, 456, 465, 466, 508, 511, 543
    Shelklingen, 117
    shellfish, 241
    shepherd, 353, 519
    Sherratt, Andrew, 124–5,