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7.5 X 11.5.Doubleline.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03908-6 - The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture Jacques Cauvin Index More information INDEX ‘Ain Ghazal 101, 106, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, Banning, E. 100 118, 125, 144, 150, 227 Bar-Yosef, O. 34, 112, 115, 192 ‘Ain Mallaha, see Eynan Barada 53 ‘Ain Sakhri 222 barley 101, 137, 147, 165, 214, 234 Abdul Hossein 199 Basta 144 Abeurador (L’Abeurador, Hérault, France) 220 beans 101, 137, 147, 165, 173, 216 Abou Gosh 144 Beidha 17, 19, 98, 100, 101, 106, 113, 118, 127, Abu Hureyra 17, 19, 63, 79, 81, 97, 127, 151, 153, 129, 144, 183, 227 155, 177, 178, 183, 188, 212, 217 Beisamoun 113, 114, 227, 228 Abu Madi 22 Beit Taamir knife 36 Akrotiri-Aetokremnos 164 Beqaa 154, 157 Aleppo 63 Bingöl 84, 86, 94 Amanus mountains 11, 154 Black Sea 201, 203, 237 Ammerman, A. J. 138 Bosphorus 237 Amuq culture 150, 152, 155, 156, 194 Bouqras 162, 176–84, 188, 234 Amuq point 97, 147 Boytepe 81, 86 Anatolia 13, 29, 48, 51, 59, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78, 81, Braidwood, R. J. 5, 65, 72, 75, 139, 155, 216 82, 84, 86, 89, 91–4, 96, 98, 101, 104, 105, Brak (Tell) 46, 223 107, 108, 113, 118, 119, 120, 121, 125, 138, bull 28, 44, 64, 69, 89, 92‒3, 123, 124, 125, 126, 139, 140, 143, 144, 147, 154, 161–4, 166, 175, 128, 133, 157, 173, 183, 184, 205, 218 176, 178, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 212, 214, burial 16, 17, 21, 36, 81, 92, 93, 114, 157, 162, 167 215, 216, 217, 219, 220 secondary 44 Anderson, P. 56, 57 Byblos 113, 118, 129, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 166, Antakya 154 169, 194 Anti-Lebanon 39, 51, 53, 154, 155, 161 Byblos point 79, 80, 91, 97, 102, 155, 174, 176, Anti-Taurus 132 181 Araba 193 Byrd, B. 100 Arabo-Persian Gulf 12, 201 Ararat, mount 203 Cafer Höyük 81, 82, 84, 86, 87, 89, 98, 100, 155, Argissa 84 174, 175, 215, 216, 234 Argolid 140 Caneva 214 Arpachiyah 32 Can Hasan 161, 162 As¸ıklı 91, 92, 93, 140, 161, 162, 164, 216, 219 Cap Andreas Castros 166 Askhelon 231, 235 Capart, A. and D. 202, 203 Assouad (Tell) 151, 152, 153, 162, 165, 178, 222 Cappadocia 36, 84, 85, 91, 92, 93, 219 Aswad (Tell) 39, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 63, 96, 97, Cassirer, E. 123, 209 101, 144, 147 Çatalhöyük 29, 31, 32, 68, 84, 89, 92, 93, 107, Aswad point 39, 40, 53 114, 117, 120, 124, 125, 161, 162, 164, 183, Aswadian culture 34, 39, 41, 48, 51, 54, 55, 105, 216, 219 147, 217 cattle 89, 98, 123, 125, 127, 137, 152, 162, 165, Ateibé 53 167, 169, 173, 176, 179, 182, 183, 194, 197, Atlan, H. 210 217, 218 Aurenche, O. 128, 129, 152 Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. 138 Aurignacian 13, 21 Çayönü 39, 81, 82, 84, 86, 89, 90, 91, 92, 114, aurochs 28, 58, 162, 214 117, 118, 151, 174, 175, 214, 215, 234 Azraq 22, 193 Çayönü tool 84, 87, 179 chickpea 11, 54, 137 Baal 124, 125 Childe, V. Gordon 1, 4, 5, 7, 62, 66, 75, 117, 138, Balikh 144 189, 207, 220 Balkans 139, 140, 198, 199 Clutton-Brock, J. 101 255 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03908-6 - The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture Jacques Cauvin Index More information Index 256 Contenson, Henri de 39 human figure or figurine 109‒10, 209 Corsica 104, 170 Final Glacial (period) 12 Crete 125 Flannery, K. V. 129 Cyprus 130, 142, 154, 155, 164‒7, 169, 170, 178, flax 97, 137, 147, 217 182, 197, 218, 219 Forest, J.-D. 157 fox 29, 173 Damascus 34, 40, 44, 51, 53, 60, 63, 76, 96, 97, Franchthi 140 98, 113, 129, 140, 144, 147, 150, 151, 155, Freud, S. 3 161, 197 Damishliyya 208 Galilee 98, 144 Danubian culture (or Linearbandkeramik) 139, Gamkrelidze, T. V. 138 140, 161 Ganj Dareh 102, 199, 225 Dead Sea 93, 98, 102, 143, 147 Garstang, J. 78, 109, 112, 113 Deh Luran (plain) 199 gazelle 15, 19, 25, 28, 55, 64, 65, 80‒1, 98, 173, Dennell R. 205 182, 183, 193, 194, 214, 228 desert burin 192, 193, 194 Geometric Kebaran 13, 14, 15 desert Gesher 36 Black desert 190, 192, 193, 194 Ghoraïfé 100, 144 Judaean desert 98, 102 Ghouta (Damascus oasis) 53 Syrian desert 171, 176, 177, 178, 180, 188 Gilgal 25, 36 DFBW (Dark Faced Burnished Ware) 152, 155, 156 Gimbutas, M. 138, 140 Dikaios 165 Ginnig 222, 234 Digard, J.-P. 128, 137 goat 68, 81, 101, 102, 106, 126, 127, 147, 152, 155, Dik el Mahdi 227 165, 176, 182, 183, 190, 193, 194, 196, 197, Djadé 78, 216, 217 205, 217 Duby, G. 67 Göbekli Tepe 89, 91, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218 Dumézil, G. 67 Goddess (or Mother Goddess) 29, 30, 31, 32, 69, Dunand, M. 118 71, 72, 92, 105, 120, 125, 126, 133, 147, 173, Durand, G. 132 183 Gravettian culture 21 Easter Island 170 Greece 140, 182, 202 Egypt 5, 71 Gritille 151 Ein Gev 14 Guilaine, J. 165, 233 einkorn (wheat) 11, 81, 89, 97, 101, 104, 147, 165, Guran (Tepe) 199 214, 216, 217, 234 Eliade, M. 130, 132 Hacilar 29, 91, 227 El Khiam 25, 173 Halaf culture 31, 107, 113, 129, 153 El Kowm 13, 177, 180, 181, 182, 183, 190, 193, Hallan Çemi 173, 214, 234 194, 196, 212 Halula (Tell) 79, 81, 150, 152, 165, 217, 218, 219, Eli (Tell) 144 220 emmer (wheat) 11, 81, 89, 100‒1, 137, 147, 165, Harifian 227 216, 217, 234 Hassuna (Tell) 199 Engels, F. 210 Hassuna (culture) 20, 176 equids 28, 55, 58, 80‒1, 173, 214 Hatoula 22, 36, 51 Er Ram 165, 228 Hauptmann, H. 89 Euphrates 14, 15, 17, 25, 28, 33, 34, 39, 43, 49, Hayaz 151, 152, 155, 197 51, 55, 58, 59, 63, 71, 76, 78, 81, 82, 84, 86, Hayonim 17, 19, 224 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 101, 113, 121, 123, 140, Hebron 115 143, 150, 151, 152, 155, 161, 162, 164, 165, Hecker, H. 101 168, 173, 175, 177, 178, 185, 188, 193, 203, Hegel, G. W. F. 209 214, 215, 216, 219 Hellespont 203 Evans, J. 170 Helmer, D. 127 Eynan 7, 15, 222, 234, 237 Helwan point 126 Hesse, B. 128 fallow deer 25, 55, 98, 165 Hillman, G. C. 51, 215 Farah (Tell) 144 Hodder, I. 25, 122, 126, 157 Ferembach, D. 113 Homo erectus 13 Fertile Crescent 11, 13, 139 Homo sapiens 13 figure, figurine 39, 68, 69, 70‒1, 81, 89, 91, 97, Hopf, M. 139 105‒8, 117, 119, 126, 127, 147, 162, 173 horse 137 animal figurine 152, 183, 205 female figurine 25‒26, 29, 33, 36, 44, 118, 147, ibex 192 155, 183, 205 Indo-European 67, 138, 139 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03908-6 - The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture Jacques Cauvin Index More information Index 257 Iran 147, 204, 205 legumes 101 Iranian plateau 11 lentils 101, 165 Iraq 20, 32, 84, 171, 174, 185, 207, 214 Leroi-Gourhan, A. 20, 23, 25, 68 Ireland 112 Levant 5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, Israel 13, 17, 31, 34, 36, 38, 97, 150 26, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 44, 48, Ivanov, V. 138 50, 59, 62, 63, 65, 67, 75, 76, 78, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101–4, Jebel Ansariyeh 154 105‒8, 110, 113, 114, 115, 118, 119, 121, 123, Jebel Bishri 193 125, 126, 128, 130, 133, 137, 138, 139, 140, Jebel Maghara 192 143, 144, 145, 147, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, Jebel Mqaibara 193 155, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, Jebel Sinjar 172, 188 171, 172, 173, 176, 178, 180, 182, 189, 190, Jeitun culture 275 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, Jerf el Ahmar 39, 41, 44, 46, 47, 89, 213, 214, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 212, 213, 214, 220, 223 216, 218, 219, 220 Jericho 5, 34, 36, 38, 44, 50, 54, 60, 63, 64, 75, Levantine corridor 34, 51, 61, 75, 105, 139, 214, 78, 101, 104, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 216 115, 118, 129, 144, 214, 227 Lévi-Strauss, C. 25, 66, 68, 122, 123, 126 Jericho point 102, 193, 194 Lhote 69 Jezirah 39, 46, 81, 143, 150, 151, 152, 155, 165, Limassol 165 171, 173, 176, 178, 185, 200, 217 Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture 139, 140, 161 Jiita 14 Jordan 14, 15, 17, 22, 33, 34, 36, 51, 54, 60, 63, M’lefaat 214, 233 93, 97, 98, 100, 143, 144, 190, 192, 193, 201 McCartney, C. 218 Jordan (river or valley) 38, 227 Macedonia 11 Judaideh (Tell) 156 Magdalenian culture 1, 12, 16, 68, 69, 82 Judea 144 Magzaliya 84, 174, 175, 176, 180, 188 Malatya 201 Kalavassos Tenta 166, 219 Malta 112 Kaletepe 219 Marek 140 Karim Shahir 225, 226, 234 Mari 189 Kebaran culture 12, 13, 14, 128 Marx, K. 210, 211 Kef Mektouba 69 mask 115‒16, 119 Kenyon, K. 34, 50, 78, 109, 112, 113, 118 Mellaart, J. 29, 32 Kfar Hahoresh 113 Mersin 157 Khabur (river or valley) 171, 173, 178, 185 Mesopotamia 5, 71, 119, 121, 123, 127, 130, 133, Kharaneh 14 150, 151, 171, 172, 173, 180, 196, 201, 203, Khazanov, A.
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