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Hell Creek, Montana : America's key to the prehistoric past / Lowell Dingus.
Penn Museum Library E78.M9 D56 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dingus, Lowell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleo-Indians--Montana--Missouri Breaks.
- Paleo-Indians.
- Indians of North America--Montana--Missouri Breaks--Antiquities.
- Indians of North America.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Hell Creek Formation.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Paleontology--Hell Creek Formation.
- Paleontology.
- Dinosaurs--Hell Creek Formation.
- Dinosaurs.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Montana--Missouri Breaks.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Antiquities.
- Missouri Breaks (Mont.)--History.
- Missouri Breaks (Mont.).
- Missouri Breaks (Mont.)--Antiquities.
- Hell Creek Formation--Antiquities.
- Hell Creek Formation.
- Montana--Missouri Breaks.
- Physical Description:
- x, 242 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Hell Creek, Montana, is one of the most windswept, hardscrabble locales in the American West -- a quiet town of ranchers, farmers, and others who seek the beauty of the open spaces. It is also the unlikely setting of some of the most fascinating events in the history of the United States and North America. From the first-ever discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex to Lewis and Clark's landmark expedition; from the Freeman compound standoff to Sitting Bull and Little Big Horn, Hell Creek has been a central player in the events of the last two hundred years -- and the last 200 million. Now, with grace and gentle wit, renowned paleontologist and writer Lowell Dingus takes us on a tour of this desolate, beautiful, out-of-the-way spot and illuminates its inhabitants, geology, paleontology, and surprising place in history. Nature lovers, dinosaur buffs, and people fascinated with the turbulent history -- both ancient and modern -- of the American West will find much to delight them in this journey to Hell Creek.
- Contents:
- 1. Badlands and Branding 9
- 2. Time Traveling Through Hell Creek 18
- 3. Early Exploration 31
- 4. In the Wake of Custer's Ruin 52
- 5. The Vanishing Herds 86
- 6. The Resurrection of Tyrannosaurus 111
- 7. Following in the Footsteps 151
- 8. Fatal Impact and Enormous Eruptions 166
- 9. Echoes of the Wild West 183
- 10. Is the Past the Key to the Future? 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-242).
- ISBN:
- 0312313934
- OCLC:
- 54005470
- Publisher Number:
- 9780312313937
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