The First Fossil Hunters : Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times /

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Griffins, Cyclopes, Monsters, and Giants--these fabulous creatures of classical mythology continue to live in the modern imagination through the vivid accounts that have come down to us from the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what if these beings were more than merely fictions? What if monstrous cre...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Vertebrates, Fossil.
Science, Ancient.
Paleontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
NATURE > Fossils.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
Sciences anciennes.
Paleontologie > Rome > Histoire.
Paleontologie > Grece > Histoire.
Vertebrates, Fossil > Mediterranean Region.
Paleontology > Rome > History.
Paleontology > Greece > History.
Rome (Empire)
Mediterranean Region.
Greece.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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
  • Appendix 1. Large vertebrate fossil species in the ancient world
  • Appendix 2. Ancient testimonia.

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