The Bone Hunters: The Discovery Of Miocene Fossils In Gray, Tennessee

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In the spring and summer of 2000, geologists working for the Tennessee Department of Transportation made an unusual 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 develop into at least five million years old. Harry Moore and his colleagues, at the side of 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 used to be in the beginning 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 in the back of the excavation of the site and how their efforts helped save valuable artifacts for ongoing study. A large number of photographs capture the excellent condition of fossils at Gray. Moore also describes the contours of what the ancient landscape may have appeared like and details the governmental action that in the long run 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 Shuttle 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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