Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 361 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691150133
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128322741X
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1400838444
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9780691150130
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9781283227414
,
9781400838448
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-349) and index
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Originally published with subtitle: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times, ©2000. With new introd
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In English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- First fossil hunters Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, 2011
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Earth Sciences
URL:
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Author information:
Mayor, Adrienne 1946-
