Bison priscus
Complete male steppe bison cranium with horn cores still covered by sheaths of keratin (the same protein that our fingernails are made of). Found by Shane Van Loon in 2007. 13,650 years old.
PWNHC 2008.036.001Bison antiquus
Partial cranium without horn sheaths. Found on the Liard River near the Blackstone River in the southwestern corner of the Northwest Territories. Found by Alfred Thomas in 1967. 12,300 years old.
PWNHC 984.080.001Bison bison athabascae
Complete cranium of a three-year-old, modern day male bison, with horn sheaths. From Calais Lake, near Fort Providence.
PWNHC 987.096.001Bison priscus
The small hole in this scapula (shoulder bone) is likely a puncture wound from the horn of an adversary. Male steppe bison probably established their social positions through one-on-one physical altercations, similar to bison today. In fact, the long, sharp horns of the steppe bison likely evolved to reach through their opponents defenses and puncture their necks or shoulders. 13,650 years old.
PWNHC 2008.036.004Water-worn metacarpal, found in 1980 on Garry Island, Mackenzie Delta. Age unknown.
PWNHC 981.007.003Mammut americanum
Molar found by two fishermen on the shore of Great Bear Lake between Délįne and Russel Bay. Courtesy of Délįne Land Corporation. 47,500 years old. The blue colour is likely an iron phosphate, called vivianite, that forms during the fossilization process. The iron phosphate turns blue when exposed to air.
PWNHC L2002.002.001Mammuthus primigenius
Adult molar. Nearly complete, with only parts of the roots missing. Old Crow, Yukon. Age Unknown.
PWNHC L2015.002.001Mammuthus primigenius
Nearly complete molar from the lower jaw of a baby mammoth. Old Crow, Yukon. Age Unknown.
PWNHC L2015.002.002Mammuthus primigenius
This bone at the top of the spine supported the skull. Found north of Old Crow, Yukon. Age unknown.
PWNHC X963.023.020Mammuthus primigenius
Partial mammoth humerus (upper leg bone) found in 1980 in the Mackenzie Delta. Age unknown.
PWNHC 985.035.004Mammuthus primigenius
Complete right tusk from an adult male. Found by Ray LeBlanc on the north shore of Harrowby Bay, east of North Star Harbour. Courtesy of Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. Age unknown.
PWNHC L2014.005.001Mammuthus primigenius
Complete tusk, probably female. Found by an oil crew near Tuktoyaktuk in 1973. Age unknown.
PWNHC 973.011.001Equus sp.
Ancient horse mandible with six molars. Found by Bernard Lauriol in 2010 in a mud flow of a collapsed slope near Midway Lake, near Fort McPherson. 21,956 years old.
PWNHC 2010.009.001Rangifer tarandus
Found by Bernard Lauriol in 2010 in a mud flow of a collapsed slope near Midway Lake, near Fort McPherson. The cut mark shows where a sample was removed for radiocarbon dating. 7,330 years old.
PWNHC 2010.009.002