Fossil legends of the first Americans
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007, ©2005.
ISBN
9780691130491, 0691130493
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xxxix, 446 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
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CASHMERE PUBLIC LIBRARY
398.36 MAYOR
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398.36 MAYOR
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GRAND COULEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
398.36 MAYOR
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398.36 MAYOR
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Published
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007, ©2005.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780691130491, 0691130493
Notes
General Note
Originally published: 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-427) and index.
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"The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the dinosaur fossils exposed by the elements. What did Native Americans make of these stone skeletons, and how did they explain the teeth and claws of gargantuan animals no one had seen alive? Did they speculate about their deaths? Did they collect fossils? Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly illustrated and elegantly written book examines the discoveries of enormous bones and uses of fossils for medicine, hunting magic, and spells. Well before Columbus, Native Americans observed the mysterious petrified remains of extinct creatures and sought to understand their transformation to stone. In perceptive creation stories, they visualized the remains of extinct mammoths, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and marine creatures as Monster Bears, Giant Lizards, Thunder Birds, and Water Monsters. Their insights, some so sophisticated that they anticipate modern scientific theories, were passed down in oral histories over many centuries. Drawing on historical sources, archaeology, traditional accounts, and extensive personal interviews, Adrienne Mayor takes us from Aztec and Inca fossil tales to the traditions of the Iroquois, Navajos, Apaches, Cheyennes, and Pawnees. Fossil Legends of the First Americans represents a major step forward in our understanding of how humans made sense of fossils before evolutionary theory developed."--Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mayor, A. (20072005). Fossil legends of the first Americans . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-. 20072005. Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-. Fossil Legends of the First Americans Princeton University Press, 20072005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mayor, Adrienne. Fossil Legends of the First Americans Princeton University Press, 20072005.
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