Virtual Bison
A 3-Dimensional, Interactive Bison Skeleton
Created for the Zooarchaeology Classes at the University of Wyoming
Funded by the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning and the UW Anthropology Department
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Objects: View Bones Online at 360 Degrees
(Note: The majority of these objects are labeled, therefore they are best viewed if turned slowly with the mouse or arrow keys)
Cranium:
Axial Skeleton:
Cervical Vertebra 1 (Atlas) (604k)
Cervical Vertebra 2 (Axis) (672k)
General Cervical Vertebra (704k)
Appendicular Skeleton: All objects are of Left Bones Unless Otherwise Marked
Still Photos: Bones that could not be made into objects plus close-ups of Appendicular bones
Sternum:
Humerus:
Radial/Ulna:
Os Coxa:
Femur:
Tibia:
Ribs:
Sesamoids:
Sources:
Von Den Driesch, Angela. A Guide to the Measurement of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites Peabody Museum Bulletins, Harvard University, 1976.
Olsen, Stanley J. Post-Cranial Skeletal Characters of Bison and Bos. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Vol. XXXV, No. 4, Kraus Reprint Co., Millwood, NY 1974.
Todd, L.C. Bison Osteology. http://lamar.colostate.edu/~lctodd/bison.htm Colorado State University
Please Direct Questions and Comments to jahern@uwyo.edu