Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Mayor, Adrienne frey50

The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times / Adrienne Mayor. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000. - xx, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-349) and index.

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.

0691058636 (cloth : alk. paper)

99043073


Paleontology--History.--Greece
Paleontology--History.--Rome
Science, Ancient.

QE705.G8 / M39 2000

560/.938