Fossil legends of the first Americans / Adrienne Mayor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations, 1 mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400849314 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fossil legends of the first Americans.DDC classification:
  • 398/.36 22
LOC classification:
  • E58 .M36 2005eb
Online resources:
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.
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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.

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