Before you follow this link, we ask that you please read additional text-only information about the Crow Creek Massacre, how the remains came to
be found, their treatment and eventual reburial. We are concerned that some may be
offended by pictures of human skeletal remains. Please do not follow any of these links if
you are bothered by photographs of these remains.
This image collection is a sample, or vignette of the paleopathology found in the Crow
Creek Massacre excavation in Chamberlain, South Dakota.
A nearly 400 image database with brief text descriptions of paleopathology from the
region, with many more specimens from the Crow Creek Massacre. By Dr. John B. Gregg and
Pauline Gregg.
Compiled by John B. Gregg, M.D., February 1996
This group of human skeletons was heterogeneous in time, culture, and location. But it had
common denominators in that it was limited to the cultures and people who inhabited the
geographic boundaries of South Dakota. The skeletons were part of the W.H. Over Collection
of the University of South Dakota and at one time were protected in the W.H. Over Museum
before reburial.
Dry Bones: Dakota Territory Reflected represents the
culmination of years of study of the paleopathology of the Middle Missouri River region
carried out by Dr. John B. Gregg, Pauline Gregg and numerous colleagues. Because the
printed version of this book had very limited distribution, a web version allows a broader
audience for this important work.
This site sponsored by:
The University of Iowa Department of Anthropology
The University of South Dakota Department of
Anthropology
The University of South Dakota School of Medicine
Page last updated 6 October 1997.
Page created by Ali Zimmerman, The University of Iowa.
Crow Creek Acknowledgements: HTML: Ali Zimmerman; Image Archiving: Donovan DeJong, Dr.
Larry Tieszen and the Augustana College Department of Biology (Sioux Falls).
W.H. Over Acknowledgements: HTML: Ali Zimmerman, Maureen B.; Image Archiving -- Donovan
DeJong, Augustana College; Image Editing and HTML -- Lommen Health Sciences Library,
University of South Dakota School of Medicine.
Dry Bones Acknowledgments: HTML: Larry J. Zimmerman; Images Archiving: David
Barari, Larry Zimmerman; Additional Graphics: Ali Zimmerman