internet 215–16, 218–10
interparietal sulci 22, 32
Inuit 259, 260
Iran 73, 85, 148
Ishango bone 41–2, 41, 46, 64
Islam 148, 150–1, 153
Israel 35, 90
Japan 43, 175, 186, 191, 193, 196, 197–9, 200–2, 204, 205–6, 214, 221
jetons (counters specially struck for use on counting boards) 125–6, 125, 129–32
jewellery 124, 272
Juvenal 114
K’ak’ Tiliw Chan Yopaat of Quiringa, King 277–8
kaliyuga (Sanskrit astronomy) 138
kalpa (day-and-night period of Brahman) 138
Kannada language 143
katapayadi numbers 139–40, 141
Katmuhu 84
Kawahiv 279
Khwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa al-149, 154, 155, 160–1, 163–4, 181
kinship relationships 227–8, 280–1
Kiribati 251
kleroterion 101–2, 108–9
Köbel, Jacob: ‘Reckoning Book’ 127–9, 128
Kodiak archipelago 256
Korea 2, 186, 191, 193, 196, 197, 201–2, 215, 220, 221, 222, 223
K-pop 220–1, 222
Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska 255–7, 255, 260
Lake Miwok, California 264–5
Lake Rutanzige, Democratic Republic of the Congo 40–2
Lamotrek, Central Carolines 251
languages
Afro-Asiatic 95
Akkadian 85, 86–7, 90, 95, 148
Amamalya Ayakwa 229–30
Americas and 7, 253, 260, 264, 268, 271–3, 279–85
Arabic 85, 117, 134, 148–51, 152, 153–6, 155, 157, 158, 163, 164, 168
Austronesian 226, 229–30, 231, 232–3, 238–9, 250–1
counting existing without 14
Egyptian 70, 92–8, 93, 106, 148–9, 183
gesture and 48, 54