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NOT YOUR USUAL BOOK ON DINOSAURS... "So You Want To Dig Dinosaurs? A Field Manual on the Practice, Principles,
and Politics of Vertebrate Paleontology" by Walter W. Stein and published by Dragons Claw Press, 2001, combines the romance
and adventure of creative non-fiction, with the usefullness and insight of an introductory college textbook.
With over 270 pages of practical information, advice, new science, and detailed techniques, this book is
a must read for anyone either considering a career in the field of paleontology or anyone currently in an introductory position.
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The book details the exciting story of one field season of excavation and collection. Come follow the author as he and a team
of determined bone hunters make the discovery of a lifetime, a possible new genus of North American Oviraptor over 3 meters
long. Learn the techniques used to collect and document the new find. Learn about the controveries of politics and theory
currently mired in the world of paleontology. Come see if you have what it takes to dig for dinosaurs.
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With detailed commentary from noted Geologist and Paleo-technichian, Walter W. Stein, and a forward by Neal L. Larson of Black
Hills Institute fame, students will learn more about the world of paleontology then they could from any of the standard picture
books on dinosaurs.
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With over ten pages of full color photo-inserts, over 20 illustrations from reknown illustrators Scott Hartman, Russell Hawley,
and Todd Marshall, and detailed explanations of theory and technique students will be immersed in the world of the dinosaurs.
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To order please send check or money order for $59.99 + $$3.99 for shipping and handling to Dragons Claw Press: So You Want
To Dig Dinosaurs PO BOX 5557 Woodland Park, CO 80863. Wholesale prices in bulk are available. For price list, ordering forms,
signed copies, suggestions, or permissions please e-mail the author directly at the link below. Please make checks payable
to W. W. Stein, and allow 2-4 weeks for delivery.
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Don't forget the over 40 pages of appendices packed with valuable information. These include lists of valid dinosaur genera
and the rock formations they can be found, contact information for supplies, museums, commercial outfitters, and societies,
mapping and excavation techniques, key statistical dinosaur data, anatomy and methodology, introductory geology and sedimentology,
new classification guidelines, and much much more. Get a step ahead of the competition. Order your copy today!
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