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The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times
- Title
- The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times / Adrienne Mayor.
- Author
- Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 361 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-349) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-9992
- ISBN
- 0691058636 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 99043073
- OCLC
- 42061108
- Author
- Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
- Title
- The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times / Adrienne Mayor.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-349) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-9992