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Title:
The first fossil hunters : dinosaurs, mammoths, and myth in Greek and Roman times : with a new introduction by the author / Adrienne Mayor
Author:
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Publication Information:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Call Number:
QE705 .G8 M39 2011
ISBN:
9780691150130
Physical Description:
xxx, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"Paperback reissue, with a new introduction by the author, 2011"--T.p. verso.

Originally published with subtitle: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times, c2000.
Contents:
Geological time scale -- Historical time line -- The gold-guarding griffin : a paleontological legend -- Earthquakes and elephants : prehistoric remains in Mediterranean lands -- Ancient discoveries of giant bones -- Artistic and archaeological evidence for fossil discoveries -- Mythology, natural philosophy, and fossils -- Centaur bones : paleontological fictions -- Appendix 1. Large vertebrate fossil species in the ancient world -- Appendix 2. Ancient testimonia.
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