Mayor, Adrienne,  1946- <br/><br/>
Fossil legends of the first Americans / 
Adrienne Mayor. 
 - Princeton, New Jersey :  Princeton University Press,  [2005] 
 - 1 online resource (487 p.) :  ill., 1 map 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691130491 9781400849314 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indians--Antiquities.<br/>Indians--Folklore.<br/>Fossils--History.--America<br/>Fossils--America--Folklore.<br/>Tales--America.<br/>Paleontology--America.<br/>Paleoanthropology--America.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>America--Antiquities.