Fossil legends of the first Americans [electronic resource] / Adrienne Mayor.
2005
E58 .M36 2005eb
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Title
Fossil legends of the first Americans [electronic resource] / Adrienne Mayor.
Author
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
ISBN
0691113459 (cl : alk. paper)
9780691130491
9781400849314 electronic book
9780691130491
9781400849314 electronic book
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Call Number
E58 .M36 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
398/.36
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index.
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Table of Contents
Marsh monsters of big bone lick
The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo
New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror
The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers
The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals
The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones
Common ground
Fossil frauds and specious legends.
The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo
New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror
The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers
The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals
The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones
Common ground
Fossil frauds and specious legends.