The annotated apocalypse: Anthropologists tackle 2012
http://boingboing.net/2011/08/13/the-annotated-apocalypse-anthropologists-tackle-2012.html
Many good bits in here. Hamish you should enjoy it.
"... Also, the most recent research I’ve been doing, and I haven’t published on this yet, but I’m finding links between the work of H.P. Lovecraft and influence of that on 2012. ... But Lovecraft is at the root of a lot of the ideas here, like the cycles of destruction, for instance. That’s not Mayan, that’s Lovecraft. ..."
Note to self: redo PiD using CryEngine 2, change date of god awakening to December 21, 2012.