Chinese 141
‘exchequer’ and 129
first printed descriptions of 127–9, 128
Gerbert of Aurillac’s 158–9, 164
Indian 136
jetons (counters specially struck for use on) 125–6, 125, 129–32
literary references 125
Mayan 273
origins 118–25, 122
place-value system and 158–9, 164
Roman 198
Bodega Bay 264, 265
body-tally systems 235–43, 237
bones 31, 32–3, 34, 35, 38–44, 41, 46, 61, 74, 191, 232, 236, 261, 287
bookkeeping 164–5, 217, 272
Brahmi numerals 136–41, 145, 145, 147–9, 155, 160, 183, 193
branches, story of counting 5–6, 67–285
Buddhism 140, 148
butchery marks 31, 32–3, 38–44, 41
Byzantine empire 106, 148, 149
calculus 120
calendars 42, 116, 174, 230, 260, 273–4, 275, 278
Arabic 160, 161
astrological 138
fertility 46
Gregorian 160
Latin 160
‘long count’ 274
lunar 44, 46
Mayan 273–4, 275, 278
tally 44, 260
California 200, 262–9
cash register 202, 217
Cassiodorus 114
Catalonia 157–9
Catullus 114
cave art 49–56, 57
Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico 13
cells, brain 23–4
Census Bureau, US 212
