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COMPARATIVE OSTEOLOGY MUSEUM Dr. Danny Walker
The University of Wyoming, Department of Anthropology, Comparative Osteology Museum and its collections are administered by the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist, as part of its statutory association with the Department of Anthropology. The museum is primarily designed to provide comparative osteological specimens to zooarchaeologists working in Wyoming and the surrounding region. The collection is also used for teaching archaeology and zoology classes at the University of Wyoming and wildlife forensics by several wildlife agencies, including the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Colorado Division of Wildlife, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and others. There have also been many osteological studies conducted on the various specimens in the collection. Most specimens in the collection are from this region, but as time and opportunity arise, specimens from other regions are accessioned. Presently (1999) the collection has over 1,750 mammal, reptile, amphibian, and fish specimens (ranging from a single element to the entire skeleton) and over 725 bird specimens (almost all represented by entire skeletons). The collection is under the care and direction of Dr. Danny Walker, Wyoming Assistant State Archaeologist. Dr. Walker received his B.S. in Geology from Fort Hays Kansas State College in 1970. He earned his M.A. in Anthropology, in 1975; Ph.D. in Zoology and Physiology in 1986, both from the University of Wyoming. Dr. Walker began working for the Wyoming State Archaeologist's Office in 1973, as a Crew Foreman, and became the Wyoming Assistant State Archaeologist in 1975, a position he still holds. He also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wyoming. His research interests include the archaeology of the Northwestern High Plains; computers and other technological archaeology methodologies; Late Pleistocene/Holocene paleoenvironments of North America; faunal remains from archaeological and late Pleistocene paleontological sites; osteology of birds and mammals; and Pleistocene and Holocene distributions of Wyoming animals. He has also been working with many historic archaeology sites since 1990. Links to other Zooarchaeological sites:
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