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Author:   Adrienne Mayor
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9780691150130

ISBN 10:   0691150133
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   27 March 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Language:   English

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*INTRODUCTION TO THE 2011 EDITION, pg. xiii*GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE, pg. 1*Introduction, pg. 3*Historical Time Line, pg. 11*CHAPTER 1. The Gold-Guarding Griffin: A Paleontological Legend, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Earthquakes and Elephants: Prehistoric Remains in Mediterranean Lands, pg. 54*CHAPTER 3. Ancient Discoveries of Giant Bones, pg. 104*CHAPTER 4. Artistic and Archaeological Evidence for Fossil Discoveries, pg. 157*CHAPTER 5. Mythology, Natural Philosophy, and Fossils, pg. 192*CHAPTER 6. Centaur Bones: Paleontological Fictions, pg. 228*APPENDIX 1. Large Vertebrate Fossil Species in the Ancient World, pg. 255*APPENDIX 2. Ancient Testimonia, pg. 260*Notes, pg. 283*Works Cited, pg. 333*Index, pg. 351

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The First Fossil Hunters brings together mythology, art, geology, and paleontology in a convincing manner. . . . Mayor's chronicles do more that entertain; as she contends, they also show that people of Greek and Roman times had a broad understanding of fossils as organic remains of extinct organisms . . . -- Tim Tokary, American Scientist

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Adrienne Mayor is the author of ""Fossil Legends of the First Americans""; ""Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs""; and ""The Poison King"", which was a finalist for a National Book Award in 2009. She is a research scholar in classics and history of science at Stanford University.

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