College of Arts and Science Vanderbilt University
Department of

Anthropology

Osteology Labs

Osteology Labs

Anthropology majors Rachel Kochert and Gift Kompsombut studying in the Osteology Teaching Lab
Osteological lab facilities include the Osteology Research Lab, which houses the Arnold and Garnier skeletal collections from Tennessee, and the Osteology Teaching Lab, which houses medical human skeletons, monkey and ape skeletons, and other animal skeletons.  Lab equipment includes sliding and spreading calipers, osteometric board, mandibulometer, light table for viewing radiographs, photo stand, dental casts, the Suchey-Brooks pubic symphysis casts, and a variety of skeletal casts exhibiting pathological lesions, fractures, and cultural modifications (e.g., cranial modification and trepanation).
Anthropology majors Luciana Mendiola and Emily Sharp analyze archaeological specimens in the Osteology Research Lab.