522 i Index
sacred trees (Cont.)
gendering of, in ancient Egypt, 114
in Neo- Assyria and Ashurnasirpal II’s palace,
120– 122, 120f
pomegranate, 118– 120
Urban Revolution and, Uruk, 87– 88, 130n8
sacred trees, goddesses of
on cylinder seals, 111– 114, 112f, 113f, 134n64
of Eg ypt,ancient, 114– 120, 116f– 120f
Inanna in, 85, 88– 92, 89f, 91f, 105– 106, 108
for other vegetation, Sumer and Akkad,
102– 111
pomegranate, 118– 120
Uruk, on cylinder seals, 111– 114, 112f,
113 f, 134n64
vegetation, in monotheistic religions,
122– 127, 125f
saffron (Crocus sativus), 146– 150, 147f, 149f
medical uses of, 154– 155, 154f
planting cycle of, 160– 162, 161f
Saffron Crocus Gatherers fresco, 146– 148, 147f
saffron from, 146– 150, 147f, 149f
Sahih Muslim, 279
Saint Francis of Assisi, 290
Sakellarakis, J. A., 165
Sala, 105
Santorini, 175n12
Satanic Verses, 271– 272
Scala Natura, 215, 217– 218, 220
Schaffgotsch, Anton Ernst, 492
Scheibinger, Londa, 397
Scheil, Jean Vincent, 95, 98
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph
Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature, 438
nature philosophy of, 438– 439
Schelver, Franz Joseph, 430– 431
Critique of the Theory of Plant Sexuality, 454
on Goethe, 430– 431
Schiebinger, Londa, 369
Schiller, Friedrich, 438, 441, 449– 450,
459nn29, 36
Schleiden, Matthias Jacob, 462– 463,
470– 477, 475n28
asexualist theory of, 470– 471
biography of, early, 462– 463
on cryptogams, 469
pollen tubes of, asexual female
parthenogenic, 469f, 472– 473
Principles of Scientific Botany: Botany as an
Inductive Science, 463
Schliemann, Heinrich, 167, 180n59
science– culture relationship, 4
script
cuneiform, 131n9
first, protocuneiform, 88, 130– 131n9
seal ring images
Minoan nature, 142– 143, 144f– 145f
of Minoan nature goddesses, 142– 143,
144 f– 145f
Secondary Products Revolution,
Chalcolithic, 81– 83
Secret Garden (Burnett), 494
sedentism, 29
in first hunter- gatherers, Natufians, 31– 33,
31 t, 64– 65n8
in Mugharet el- Wad cave, 30, 30f
in Shukba cave, 29, 30f
seed
atalhüyuk embedded, 53, 54f
coat of, 484
coat of, endosperm in, 489
dormancy of, loss of, 38– 39
seed crop domestication, annuals vs. perennials
for, 36
seeding funnel, 81
segregation, 492
Selaginella, 482– 483, 483f, 495n12
reproduction and heterospory in,
482– 483, 482f
selection
natural, on wild species, 35, 65n18
Neolithic, 35, 65n18
Seleucid Empire, 249n32
selfers (selfing), 36
vs. outcrossing, 490
self- pollination, Sprengel on, 425– 426
sensationism, 406– 407
sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica), 385,
398, 402n16
Seward, Anna, “The Backwardness of Spring
Accounted For,” 393– 394
sex, defined, 4
sex, discovery of, 11– 28
childbirth and, male contribution to, 12
Magdalenian transition and, in
iconography, 25– 26