Fossil legends of the first Americans

1. Verfasser: Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Princeton, New Jersey : Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2023]
Umfang/Format: xxxix, 446 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) photographs (black and white) ; 21 cm
ISBN: 0691245614
9780691245614
Schlagworte:
Indians > Antiquities
Indians > Folklore
Fossils > America > History.
Fossils > America > Folklore.
Tales > America
Paleontology > America.
Paleoanthropology > America.
Peuples autochtones > Antiquités.
Peuples autochtones > Folklore.
Fossiles > Amérique > Histoire.
Fossiles > Amérique > Folklore.
Contes > Amérique.
Paléontologie > Amérique.
Paléoanthropologie > Amérique.
Antiquities
Fossils
Indians
Paleoanthropology
Paleontology
Tales
America > Antiquities
Amérique > Antiquités.
America
Folklore
History
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Marsh monsters of big bone lick
  • The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo
  • New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror
  • The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers
  • The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals
  • The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones
  • Common ground
  • Fossil frauds and specious legends.

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