Fossil legends of the first Americans /
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Fossil legends of the first Americans / Adrienne Mayor. - 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index.
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.
9781400849314 (e-book)
Indians--Antiquities.
Indians--Folklore.
Fossils--History.--America
Fossils--America--Folklore.
Tales--America.
Paleontology--America.
Paleoanthropology--America.
America--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
E58 / .M36 2005eb
398/.36
Fossil legends of the first Americans / Adrienne Mayor. - 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index.
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.
9781400849314 (e-book)
Indians--Antiquities.
Indians--Folklore.
Fossils--History.--America
Fossils--America--Folklore.
Tales--America.
Paleontology--America.
Paleoanthropology--America.
America--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
E58 / .M36 2005eb
398/.36