| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 361 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Originally published with subtitle: Paleontology in Greek and Roman times, ©2000. With new introd. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-349) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paleontology -- Greece -- History.
|
|
Paleontology. |
|
Greece. |
|
History. |
|
Paleontology -- Rome -- History.
|
|
Science, Ancient.
|
|
Science, Ancient. |
|
Vertebrates, Fossil -- Mediterranean Region.
|
|
Vertebrates, Fossil. |
|
Mediterranean Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- First fossil hunters. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011 9780691150130 (OCoLC)679940689 |
| ISBN |
9781400838448 (electronic book) |
|
1400838444 (electronic book) |
|
9780691150130 |
|
0691150133 |
|
128322741X |
|
9781283227414 |
|
