Fossil legends of the first Americans - Mayor, Adrienne, 1946- (Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-427) and index.
Keywords: Indians -- Antiquities; Indians -- Folklore; Fossils -- America -- History; Fossils -- America -- Folklore; Tales -- America; Paleontology -- America; Paleoanthropology -- America; America -- Antiquities