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The Bone Hunters - The Discovery Of Miocene Fossils In Gray, Tennessee (Paperback, New)
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The Bone Hunters - The Discovery Of Miocene Fossils In Gray, Tennessee (Paperback, New)
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List price R324
Loot Price R298
Discovery Miles 2 980
You Save R26 (8%)
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In the spring and summer of 2000, geologists working for the
Tennessee Department of Transportation made an extraordinary find
as they examined soil at a routine road construction project: the
digging at Gray, Tennessee, had uncovered a fossil site containing
bones that would turn out to be at least five million years old.
Harry Moore and his colleagues, along with researchers from the
state and the University of Tennessee, were stunned as they
unearthed the fossilized remains of tapirs, elephants,
rhinoceroses, alligators, and other long-dead animals. What was at
first thought to be an Ice Age site ten to twenty thousand years
old proved to be much, much older. The Bone Hunters recounts the
fascinating details of a remarkable chance discovery. In his
engaging firsthand account, Moore writes of the people behind the
excavation of the site and how their efforts helped save valuable
artifacts for ongoing study. Numerous photographs capture the
excellent condition of fossils at Gray. Moore also describes the
contours of what the ancient landscape may have looked like and
details the governmental action that ultimately preserved this
Tennessee treasure. Harry Moore manages the Tennessee Department of
Transportation's Geotechnial Engineering office in Knoxville. His
previous books are A Roadside Guide to the Geology of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park, A Geologic Trip Across Tennessee by
Interstate 40, and Discovering October Roads: Fall Colors and
Geology in Rural East Tennessee (co-written with Fred Brown).
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