Fertile Crescent and 6, 68–98, 75, 89, 93
finger counting and 49, 113–14
Greek 99, 104–6, 107, 109, 110, 112, 136
machines and 186, 220
Mayan 276–7
Micronesian 249
number sense and 11, 22–3
Oceania and 5, 226, 230, 243, 246–8
Oksapmin 235, 237–8, 239, 240, 242–3
Pacific see Pacific
Pirahã 281–2, 284–5
proto-Austronesian 251–2
Roman 113–14
Sanskrit 136–56, 155
Tongan 2, 246–8
verbal synonyms for 139–40
Yup’ik 260–1
numeration 168–70, 181
numerology 63
Nunalleq, Alaska 255–7, 255
Nuremberg 131
Oceania 5–6, 225–52. See also individual nation name
odd numbers 152, 239
Oksapmin 236–43, 237, 252
olive-shell beads 264
Oxwitik 271–8
Pacific 6, 188, 225–52, 254, 262
Ayangkidarrba counting eggs in 6, 227–34, 228
deep human history in 226
diversity in 226
Oksapmin body tallies 235–43, 237
Tonga, counting leaves in 244–52, 245
See also individual nation name
Pacioli, Luca 117
Palaeolithic Europe 44, 50, 53, 54
palm leaf 140, 144–5
pandanus leaves 236, 244–50, 245
paper
Arabic numerals on 132–3, 140, 142, 150–2, 154, 181, 184–5, 288
Brahmi numerals on 140, 150–2
