The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times

From: Journal of American Folklore | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times. By Adrienne Mayor. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. Pp. xx + 361, appendices, notes, works cited, illustrations, maps, index.)

This book is a study of the Greek and Roman discovery and interpretation of fossil remains. Adrienne Mayor argues that the development of many mythological animals (griffins, centaurs, giants, cyclopes, and so forth) was influenced by the ancients attempts to explain the large fossilized bones that littered their landscape. Mayor argues, for example, that griffins are derived from the ...

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