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Collecting Fossils: Hold Prehistory in the Palm of Your Hand
(Hardcover, 1998)
Author: Jane Parker, Murray Weston, Steve Parker
Presents information on how and where to find fossils, the preparation and tools needed for collecti...
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0806997621
ISBN-13: 9780806997629
Jun 1998
Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
80 pages
Grade:
From 4 to 6
Illustrated
Language: English |
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Synopsis
Presents information on how and where to find fossils, the preparation and tools needed for collecting them, and how to identify the various kinds: plant, invertebrate, and vertebrate.
| Size | | Length: | 80 pages | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 8.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
Gr 6 Up Anyone fascinated by fossils and who has read about paleontology can use this handbook to begin a personal collection. The first half of the book is devoted to where and how to find fossils, plus some of the tools needed to retrieve them, leading up to the creation of a cleaning and storage station at home, with suggestions for arrangement and display. Parker lays out identification tips beginning with microscopic plants and bacteria through increasingly complex life forms. Outstanding close-up color photographs of real fossils set on a rough paper background give the appearance of three-dimensional objects. "Field Notes" on the two-page spreads bring out important facts from the text or give hints for finding or handling specimens. Captions that refer to groups of fossils do not always give enough description to determine which specimen is being identified. The volume lacks a bibliography or list for further reading despite the text's encouragement of more study and research. This is an extremely handsome guide to fossil collection and identification, yet practice, preferably with the guidance of an experienced fossil hunter, is needed to clarify the details. Some techniques are spelled out simply in Gregory, Niles, and Douglas Eldredge's The Fossil Factory (Addison-Wesley, 1989). Pair Parker's volume with Nathan Aaseng's American Dinosaur Hunters (Enslow, 1996), which describes the dedication, successes, and disappointments of famous fossil hunters to create a passion for this activity. Ann G. Brouse, Big Flats Branch Library, NY
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