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Author Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-

Title Fossil legends of the first Americans / Adrienne Mayor.

Publication Info. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005]
2005

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Description 1 online resource (487 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Indians -- Antiquities.
Indians -- Folklore.
Fossils -- America -- History.
Fossils -- America -- Folklore.
Tales -- America.
Paleontology -- America.
Paleoanthropology -- America.
America -- Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil legends of the first Americans. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2005] xxxix, 446 pages ; 24 cm. 9780691130491 (OCoLC)ocm55596904 (DLC) 2004053234
ISBN 0691113459 (cl : alk. paper)
9780691130491
9781400849314 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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