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THE FIRST F O S S I L HUNTERS

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THE FIRST

F O S S I L HUNTERS

D I N O S A U R S , MAMMOTHS, AND MYTH

IN G R E E K AND ROMAN TIMES

With a new introduction by the author

Adrienne Mayor

P R I N C E T O N U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

PRINCETON AND OXFORD

Published by Princeton University Press,

41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press,

6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TW

press .princeton.edu

Cover design by C. Alvarez-Gaffin, based on illustrations

First printing, 2000

Seventh printing, and first paperback printing, 2001

Paperback reissue, with a new introduction by the author, 2011

Paperback ISBN 978-0-691-15013-0

The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows

Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-

The first fossil hunters : paleontology in Greek and Roman times /

Adrienne Mayor.

cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-691-05863-6 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Paleontology—Greece—History. 2. Paleontology—Rome—History.

3. Science, Ancient. I. Title.

QE705.G8M39 2000

560'.938—dc21 99-43073

British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available

This book has been composed in Galliard Typeface

Printed on acid-free paper. °°

Printed in the United States of America

1 3579 10 8642