Fossil Legends of the First Americans
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2023-04-11
Place of publication: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780691245614
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations ix; title: Geological Time Scale xv; title: Acknowledgments xvii; title: Preface xxi; title: INTRODUCTION: Marsh Monsters of Big Bone Lick 1; title: Chapter 1: The Northeast: Giants, Great Bears, and Grandfather of the Buffalo 32 Chapter 2: New Spain: Bones of Fear and Birds of Terror 73; title: Chapter 3: The Southwest: Fossil Fetishes and Monster Slayers 106; title: Chapter 4: The Prairies: Fossil Medicine and Spirit Animals 168; title: Chapter 5: The High Plains: Thunder Birds, Water Monsters, and Buffalo-Calling Stones 220; title: CONCLUSION: Common Ground 296; title: APPENDIX: Fossil Frauds and Specious Legends 332; title: Notes 347; title: Bibliography 407; title: Index 429