The first fossil hunters
Mayor, Adrienne
The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times - Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press c2000 - xx, 361p.; ill., maps; appendices; bibliog. refs.; bibliog.; index
1 The gold-guarding griffin: a paleontological legend. 2 Earthquakes and elephants: prehistoric remains in Mediterranean lands. 3 Ancient discoveries of giant bones. 4 Artistic and archaeological evidence for fossil discoveries. 5 Mythology, natural philosophy, and fossils. 6 Centaur bones: paleontological fictions
'Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact--in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans.'
Hardcover
0691058636
Paleontology
Science, Ancient
Animals--Folklore
Animals, mythical
QE705.G8 M39 2000
The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times - Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press c2000 - xx, 361p.; ill., maps; appendices; bibliog. refs.; bibliog.; index
1 The gold-guarding griffin: a paleontological legend. 2 Earthquakes and elephants: prehistoric remains in Mediterranean lands. 3 Ancient discoveries of giant bones. 4 Artistic and archaeological evidence for fossil discoveries. 5 Mythology, natural philosophy, and fossils. 6 Centaur bones: paleontological fictions
'Through careful research and meticulous documentation, she convincingly shows that many of the giants and monsters of myth did have a basis in fact--in the enormous bones of long-extinct species that were once abundant in the lands of the Greeks and Romans.'
Hardcover
0691058636
Paleontology
Science, Ancient
Animals--Folklore
Animals, mythical
QE705.G8 M39 2000