82 FR 11627 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 11627-11628] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-03606] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22597; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Arkansas Archeological Survey, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Arkansas Archeological Survey. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the Arkansas Archeological Survey at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575- 3556. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the control of the Arkansas Archeological Survey that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Items At an unknown date, six cultural items were removed from unknown areas in southern Arkansas. These cultural items were given to Southern Arkansas University at an unknown date, and donated to the Arkansas Archeological Survey in 2016. The six unassociated funerary objects are one East Incised fragmentary jar, one East Incised bowl, one Nash Neck Banded jar, one effigy jar, one plain bowl, and one Hempstead Engraved bottle (Catalog #95-440-49, 50, 52, 55, 60, 61). The pottery types are well known examples of Caddo traditional wares. East Incised and Hempstead Engraved finewares are found throughout Southwest Arkansas, along the Red River Valley in the vicinity of the Great Bend, and into adjoining corners of Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The time spans for the types overlap, with East Incised associated with the East Phase and ranging between A.D. 1100 and 1400, Hempstead Engraved is associated with the Haley Phase as well as the East Phase and was made between about A.D. 1200 and 1450. Nash Neck Banded was made in the 15th and 16th centuries. All three types were made before European contact and during the Caddo tradition. The Caddo archeological tradition developed between A.D. 900 and 1000 in the four corners region of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Distinctive characteristics include a dispersed residential settlement of families with a lifestyle grounded in farming and collecting wild plants and animals. The core of community life was a religious and political center with ceremonial and burial mounds, public areas for community events and rituals, and a small residential population believed to be religious and political leaders and their families. Caddo ceramics are highly distinctive with dual manufacturing traditions that produced both refined wares decorated with complex stylized incised and engraved designs and utilitarian wares with highly plastic incised, punctuated, and brushed designs that are dominated by geometric motifs. The Caddo continued to practice traditional settlement arrangements and material crafts well into the contact period. This is confirmed in part by past discoveries of distinctive Caddo ceramics and other artifacts found with European trade items in locations where French and Spanish observers [[Page 11628]] documented their settlements. There is thus a strong material link between historic Caddo Tribal communities and pre-contact archeological remains. The collection enumerated here is entirely typical of pre- contact Caddo Tradition material culture. Determinations Made by the Arkansas Archeological Survey Officials of the Arkansas Archeological Survey have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 6 cultural items described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary objects and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575-3556, by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may proceed. The Arkansas Archeological Survey is responsible for notifying the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been published. Dated: December 19, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 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associated funerary objects. The human Dated: January 5, 2017. American cultural items. The National
remains consist of a single individual of Melanie O’Brien, Park Service is not responsible for the
indeterminate age (A1427/1) along with Manager, National NAGPRA Program. determinations in this notice.
37 iron nails (A1427/2) and 15 mostly [FR Doc. 2017–03609 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] History and Description of the Cultural
fragmentary and unmodified peach pits BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Items
(A1427/9), which are interpreted as
funerary objects. This site subsequently At an unknown date, six cultural
was recorded as Newcomer’s Town and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR items were removed from unknown
Cemetery (33TU604). areas in southern Arkansas. These
National Park Service cultural items were given to Southern
Newcomers Town, also known as Arkansas University at an unknown
Gekelmukpechunk, was a large [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22597; date, and donated to the Arkansas
Delaware Indian village occupied in the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Archeological Survey in 2016. The six
late 1700s. The limits of the site have unassociated funerary objects are one
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
not been established, but the human East Incised fragmentary jar, one East
Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey,
remains collected from the Mulvane Incised bowl, one Nash Neck Banded
Fayetteville, AR
Street location are reasonably inferred to jar, one effigy jar, one plain bowl, and
relate to the Delaware Indian town and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. one Hempstead Engraved bottle (Catalog
therefore these remains are considered ACTION: Notice. #95–440–49, 50, 52, 55, 60, 61).
to be culturally affiliated to the The pottery types are well known
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma SUMMARY: The Arkansas Archeological examples of Caddo traditional wares.
Survey, in consultation with the East Incised and Hempstead Engraved
Determinations Made by the Ohio appropriate Indian tribes or Native finewares are found throughout
History Connection Hawaiian organizations, has determined Southwest Arkansas, along the Red
that the cultural items listed in this River Valley in the vicinity of the Great
Officials of the Ohio History
notice meet the definition of Bend, and into adjoining corners of
Connection have determined that:
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the descendants or representatives of any time spans for the types overlap, with
human remains described in this notice Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian East Incised associated with the East
represent the physical remains of one organization not identified in this notice Phase and ranging between A.D. 1100
individual of Native American ancestry. that wish to claim these cultural items and 1400, Hempstead Engraved is
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), should submit a written request to the associated with the Haley Phase as well
the 52 objects described in this notice Arkansas Archeological Survey. If no as the East Phase and was made
are reasonably believed to have been additional claimants come forward, between about A.D. 1200 and 1450.
placed with or near the human remains transfer of control of the cultural items Nash Neck Banded was made in the
at the time of death or later as part of to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 15th and 16th centuries. All three types
the death rite or ceremony. or Native Hawaiian organizations stated were made before European contact and
in this notice may proceed. during the Caddo tradition.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there The Caddo archeological tradition
is a relationship of shared group DATES: Lineal descendants or
developed between A.D. 900 and 1000
identity that can be reasonably traced representatives of any Indian tribe or
in the four corners region of Arkansas,
between the Native American human Native Hawaiian organization not
Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
remains and associated funerary objects identified in this notice that wish to
Distinctive characteristics include a
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma. claim these cultural items should
dispersed residential settlement of
submit a written request with
families with a lifestyle grounded in
Additional Requestors and Disposition information in support of the claim to
farming and collecting wild plants and
the Arkansas Archeological Survey at
Lineal descendants or representatives animals. The core of community life
the address in this notice by March 27,
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian was a religious and political center with
2017.
organization not identified in this notice ceremonial and burial mounds, public
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director, areas for community events and rituals,
that wish to request transfer of control Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475
of these human remains and associated and a small residential population
North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR believed to be religious and political
funerary objects should submit a written 72704, telephone (479) 575–3556.
request with information in support of leaders and their families. Caddo
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is ceramics are highly distinctive with
the request to Bradley Lepper, Ohio
here given in accordance with the dual manufacturing traditions that
History Connection, 800 East 17th
Native American Graves Protection and produced both refined wares decorated
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. with complex stylized incised and
telephone (614) 298–2064, email
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural engraved designs and utilitarian wares
blepper@ohiohistory.org, by March 27,
items under the control of the Arkansas with highly plastic incised, punctuated,
2017. After that date, if no additional Archeological Survey that meet the and brushed designs that are dominated
requestors have come forward, transfer definition of unassociated funerary by geometric motifs.
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
of control of the human remains and objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. The Caddo continued to practice
associated funerary objects to the This notice is published as part of the traditional settlement arrangements and
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, may National Park Service’s administrative material crafts well into the contact
proceed. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 period. This is confirmed in part by past
The Ohio History Connection is U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in discoveries of distinctive Caddo
responsible for notifying the Delaware this notice are the sole responsibility of ceramics and other artifacts found with
Nation, Oklahoma, that this notice has the museum, institution, or Federal European trade items in locations where
been published. agency that has control of the Native French and Spanish observers
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documented their settlements. There is ACTION: Notice. fragmentary bottles, 1 frog effigy, 10
thus a strong material link between reconstructed bowls, and 1
historic Caddo Tribal communities and SUMMARY: The Arkansas Archeological reconstructed Ogee bowl (Catalog
pre-contact archeological remains. The Survey, in consultation with the #2016–551, 552, 553, 554, 555, and
collection enumerated here is entirely appropriate Indian tribes or Native 556).
typical of pre-contact Caddo Tradition Hawaiian organizations, has determined At an unknown date, 10 cultural
material culture. that the cultural items listed in this items were removed from the Belle
notice meet the definition of Meade site (3CT30) in Crittenden
Determinations Made by the Arkansas unassociated funerary objects. Lineal County, AR. These unassociated
Archeological Survey descendants or representatives of any funerary objects were donated to the
Officials of the Arkansas Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian C.H. Nash Museum in Memphis, TN,
Archeological Survey have determined organization not identified in this notice part of the University of Memphis.
that: that wish to claim these cultural items These cultural items were transferred to
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), should submit a written request to the the Arkansas Archeological Survey in
the 6 cultural items described above are Arkansas Archeological Survey. If no December of 2015. The 10 unassociated
reasonably believed to have been placed additional claimants come forward, funerary objects are 1 reconstructed
with or near individual human remains transfer of control of the cultural items bowl, 1 fragmentary bottle, 5
at the time of death or later as part of to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, fragmentary jar, 2 large bag of sherds,
the death rite or ceremony and are or Native Hawaiian organizations stated and 1 partial Ogee short necked bottle
believed, by a preponderance of the in this notice may proceed. (Catalog # 2016–556, 557).
evidence, to have been removed from a DATES: Lineal descendants or In 1980 and 1983, 22 cultural items
specific burial site of a Native American representatives of any Indian tribe or were removed from the Beck site (3CT8)
individual. Native Hawaiian organization not in Crittenden County, AR. These
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there identified in this notice that wish to unassociated funerary objects were
is a relationship of shared group claim these cultural items should recovered by the University of Memphis
identity that can be reasonably traced submit a written request with and curated at the C.H. Nash Museum
between the unassociated funerary information in support of the claim to in Memphis, TN. These cultural items
objects and the Caddo Nation of the Arkansas Archeological Survey at were transferred to the Arkansas
Oklahoma. the address in this notice by March 27, Archeological Survey in December of
2017. 2015. The 22 unassociated funerary
Additional Requestors and Disposition objects include 5 reconstructed jars, 1
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director,
Lineal descendants or representatives wide-mouthed bottle, 2 reconstructed
Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 effigy bowls, 4 fragmentary bottles, 1
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR
organization not identified in this notice effigy jar, 6 fragmentary bowls, 2
72704, telephone (479) 575–3556. fragmentary jars, and 1 fragmentary
that wish to claim these cultural items
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is teapot vessel (Catalog #2016–473, 477).
should submit a written request with
here given in accordance with the The items detailed in this inventory
information in support of the claim to
Native American Graves Protection and represent late prehistoric and
Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. protohistoric items common to large
Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural village sites located in the central
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
items under the control of the Arkansas Mississippi Valley province of
telephone (479) 575–3556, by March 27,
Archeological Survey that meet the northeastern Arkansas. It is difficult to
2017. After that date, if no additional
definition of unassociated funerary link historic ethnic identities to
claimants have come forward, transfer
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. prehistoric cultural manifestations
of control of the unassociated funerary
This notice is published as part of the identified for this region solely on the
objects to the Caddo Nation of
National Park Service’s administrative basis of archeological evidence. In
Oklahoma may proceed.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 response to this circumstance, modern
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Native American communities assert
responsible for notifying the Caddo
this notice are the sole responsibility of cultural affiliations for the purpose of
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has
the museum, institution, or Federal NAGPRA repatriation claims based on
been published.
agency that has control of the Native settlement locations at the beginning of
Dated: December 19, 2016. American cultural items. The National the Colonial era as documented by early
Melanie O’Brien, Park Service is not responsible for the European accounts. Colonial records
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. determinations in this notice. from the late 17th century and
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History and Description of the Cultural extending through the 18th century
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Items place Quapaws in the region
encompassed by the modern counties
In 1979, 1983, and 1986, 27 cultural from which the collections listed above
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR items were removed from the Belle are derived. The first treaty the
Meade site (3CT30) in Crittenden Quapaws signed with the United States,
National Park Service County, AR. These unassociated
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
in 1818, further establishes residence
funerary objects were recovered by the and control over, or interest in, these
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22598; University of Memphis in 1979, 1983,
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
portions of Arkansas.
and 1986, and were curated at the C.H.
Nash Museum in Memphis, TN. These Determinations Made by the Arkansas
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Archeological Survey
Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey, cultural items were transferred to the
Fayetteville, AR Arkansas Archeological Survey in Officials of the Arkansas
December of 2015. The 27 unassociated Archeological Survey have determined
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. funerary objects are 10 partial jars, 5 that:
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