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Adrienne Mayor

28 works· latest 2022· 3 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0003-3191-6559

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Most cited in this library

Gods and Robots2018 · 151 citations
Phlegon of Tralles’ Book of Marvels1999 · 131 citations
Fossil legends of the first Americans2005 · 103 citations
Making Sense of Nonsense Inscriptions Associated with Amazons and Scythians on Athenian Vases2014 · 71 citations
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World2004 · 66 citations

Works

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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs

Princeton University Press eBooks·2022·1 author·book

43citations

Interest in geological and palaeontological curiosities by southern African non-western societies: A review and perspectives for future study

Proceedings of the Geologists Association·2019·6 authors

21citations

Gods and Robots

Princeton University Press eBooks·2018·1 author·book

63citations

Gods and Robots

Princeton University Press eBooks·2018·1 author·book

151citations

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology

Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)·2018·1 author

37citations

The Amazons

Princeton University Press eBooks·2014·1 author·book

The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World

Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University)·2014·1 author

47citations

Making Sense of Nonsense Inscriptions Associated with Amazons and Scythians on Athenian Vases

Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens·2014·3 authors

71citations

Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Princeton University Press eBooks·2013·1 author·book

24citations

A History of Ideas in Ichnology

Developments in sedimentology·2012·31 authors·chapter·Open access

37citations

The First Fossil Hunters

Princeton University Press eBooks·2011·1 author·book

65citations

The Folklore of Dinosaur Trackways in China: Impact on Paleontology

Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces·2011·5 authors

28citations

The Poison King

Princeton University Press eBooks·2009·1 author·book

41citations

Reachable Stars: Patterns in the Ethnoastronomy of Eastern North America

Journal of Folklore Research Reviews·2008·1 author

15citations

Place names describing fossils in oral traditions

Geological Society London Special Publications·2007·1 author

27citations

Fossil legends of the first Americans

Choice Reviews Online·2005·1 author·other

103citations

GEOMYTHOLOGY

Elsevier eBooks·2005·1 author·other

13citations

Ancient References to the Fossils from the Land of Pythagoras

Earth Sciences History·2004·2 authors

13citations

The folklore of footprints in stone: From classical antiquity to the present

Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces·2001·2 authors

61citations

The First Fossil Hunters

·2000·1 author·book

30citations

Phlegon of Tralles’ Book of Marvels

Journal of American Folklore·1999·1 author

131citations

The Nessus Shirt in the New World: Smallpox Blankets in History and Legend

Journal of American Folklore·1995·1 author

26citations

Griffins and Arimaspeans

Folklore·1993·1 author

33citations