Donor Name:

Mr. William H. Holmes  Search this

Object Type:

Archaeofauna

Place:

Afton Near, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America

Accession Date:

11 Mar 1901

Notes:

Bison astragalus from a spring deposit. Collected by W. H. Holmes in 1901. From Hay, Oliver P. 1921. Descriptions of Some Pleistocene Vertebrates Found in the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 127. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.: "BISON, ep. inctet. There are present also an anterior left cannon bone (Cat. No. 9124), a tibia (Cat No. 9119), and an astragalus (Cat. No. 9127), all of which are apparently fossilized and are heavy and contain little animal matter."

Record Last Modified:

2 Jul 2020

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae

Published Name:

Bison

Accession Number:

028587

USNM Number:

A591681-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de969dda-fa87-43c4-9909-088ac12a9946

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_11464051