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Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology

Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology - Paperback

by Stanley Hedeen
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stanley Hedeen, John Mack Faragher (Foreword by)Publish date:2011-01-11Pages:204
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813133867ISBN-10:813133866UPC:9780813133867Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Paleontology, History, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.19 x 5.30 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCHY3H1YW1
Shawnee legend tells of a herd of huge bison rampaging through the Ohio Valley, laying waste to all in their path. To protect the tribe, a deity slew these great beasts with lightning bolts, finally chasing the last giant buffalo into exile across the Wabash River, never to trouble the Shawnee again. The source of this legend was a peculiar salt lick in present-day northern Kentucky, where giant fossilized skeletons had for centuries lain undisturbed by the Shawnee and other natives of the regio
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813133867ISBN-10:813133866UPC:9780813133867Book Category:Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Paleontology, History, United StatesBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.19 x 5.30 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCHY3H1YW1

Stanley Hedeen is professor emeritus of biology and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University. He has written several books on the natural and environmental history of the greater Cincinnati region.


Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Stanley Hedeen, John Mack Faragher (Foreword by)

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Stanley Hedeen

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