Fossil legends of the first Americans [electronic resource] / Adrienne Mayor.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
Subjects:
Indians > Antiquities.
Indians > Folklore.
Fossils > America > History.
Fossils > America > Folklore.
Tales > America.
Paleontology > America.
Paleoanthropology > America.
America > Antiquities.
Genre:
Folklore.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2005 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2007 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2007 (EBSCO)
Format: Electronic eBook
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.