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Fossil Legends of the First Americans
Taschenbuch von Adrienne Mayor
Sprache: Englisch

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This 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.
This 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.
Über den Autor
Adrienne Mayor's books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times. She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Paläontologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 488
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691245614
ISBN-10: 0691245614
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mayor, Adrienne
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 203 x 137 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Adrienne Mayor
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,476 kg
preigu-id: 125737298
Über den Autor
Adrienne Mayor's books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times. She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Fachbereich: Paläontologie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 488
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780691245614
ISBN-10: 0691245614
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mayor, Adrienne
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 203 x 137 x 37 mm
Von/Mit: Adrienne Mayor
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.04.2023
Gewicht: 0,476 kg
preigu-id: 125737298
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