Scenes from Deep Time: Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World (Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World)

Author
Rudwick, Martin J.S.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Published
19951215
ISBN
9780226731056
ISBN registration area
English-language area (ISBN 978-0)

Description

How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Our images of the remote past, museum displays of dinosaurs and book illustrations of exotic plants and animals, are based on fragmentary evidence, yet these depictions are realistic enough to suggest t...