83 FR 4257 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 20 (January 30, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 4257-4259] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-01721] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024479; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present- day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at the address in this notice by March 1, 2018. ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Hornblower II and Abel's Hill sites in Dukes County, MA. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative [[Page 4258]] 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 human remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary objects was made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), as well as the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a non-federally recognized Indian group). History and Description of the Remains In 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Hornblower II site in Aquinnah, Dukes County, MA, by James J. Richardson III and James B. Petersen. The human remains are fragmentary, likely as a result of being impacted by earth-moving equipment. The human remains were transferred to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology on November 12, 2012. The individual is an adult male, aged 30-45 years old. No known individual was identified. The 189 associated funerary objects are 1 unidentified bird bone; 3 unidentified mammal bone; 1 quartz core frag; 1 rhyolite biface fragment; 114 quartz flakes; 1 quartz flake; 3 pottery sherds; 1 bag of burial pit floatation sample, including soil, pebbles, shell, and animal bone fragments; 1 large quartz nodule; 3 bone or tree bark fragments; 1 large chunk white quartz; 8 marine shells and soil from feature fill; 1 large quartz flake; 1 possible lithic tool; and 49 quartz flakes. Information about the Hornblower II site is found in William A. Ritchie's 1969 book ``The Archaeology of Martha's Vineyard: A Framework for the Prehistory of Southern New England,'' and in field notes by James J. Richardson III and James B. Petersen, on file at the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, and in the files of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (site #19-DK-44). The Hornblower II site is a shell mound located on the north shore of Squibnocket Pond on Martha's Vineyard, with midden deposits ranging from two to nearly four feet in thickness over approximately 3,400 square feet. Ritchie's excavations in the 1960s documented four major strata. Radiocarbon dates and artifacts found during the 1960s and 1980s excavations indicate occupation from the Archaic through the Late Woodland periods, approximately 5,500 to 500 years ago. No burials were identified during Ritchie's excavations. James J. Richardson reports that the human burial was discovered outside of the midden area during the 1982 excavations. The burial was found during shovel testing to delimit the site boundaries. Human remains were observed in Test Pit #11, and a five-foot-square excavation unit designated N70E25 was made to recover the human remains. The field notes state that ``it now appears to have been a primary flexed burial heading southwest, facing southeast toward Squibnocket Pond.'' The notes also state that the burial was in a shallow pit that was difficult to discern due to disturbance by plowing. According to the excavators, the pit had originally been used for cooking. Physical anthropologist Harley A. Erickson made an inventory of the human remains in October of 2014, noting that the appearance and morphology of the human remains are consistent with Native American ancestry. In the 1980s, the original excavators submitted samples of marine shell found in association with the burial for radiocarbon dating, but the results were inconclusive. Artifacts found in the burial pit indicate a Late Woodland period date. Sometime in the 1980s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unrecorded site at Abel's Hill in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA, by James B. Richardson III and Richard Burt on behalf of the Chilmark Police Department. The human remains are nearly complete, and are in a good state of preservation. They were transferred to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology on November 12, 2012. The individual is an adult male, aged 24-30 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Very little documentation is available on the Abel's Hill site. James B. Richardson III relates that the burial was discovered during the excavation of a septic system at a private residence in the 1980s. The location was not a known archeological site. The Chilmark Police Department contacted avocational archeologist Richard Burt, who, with assistance from James B. Richardson III, excavated the burial. The human remains were retained by Richardson and curated with material from the Hornblower II site, prior to transfer to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology in 2012. Physical anthropologist Harley A. Erickson made an inventory of the remains in October of 2014, noting strong morphological traits on the cranial and postcranial remains consistent with Native American ancestry. The Hornblower II and Abel's Hill sites lie within the homeland of the Wampanoag (see Frank Speck, ``Territorial Subdivisions and Boundaries of the Wampanoag, Massachusett, and Nauset Indians, Indian Notes and Monographs No. 44'' (1928), Bert Salwen, ``Indians of Southern New England and Long Island: Early Period'' in ``Handbook of North American Indians: Northeast,'' (Bruce G. Trigg, ed., 1978), and Robert S. Grumet, ``Historic Contact: Indian Peoples and Colonists in Today's Northeastern United States in the Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries,'' 117-121, 129-133 (1995)). Linguistically, this area is within the so-called n-dialect shared by Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Pokanoket speakers (see Kathleen J. Bragdon, ``Native Peoples of Southern New England, 1650-1775,'' 22-23 (2009)). The coastal groups already in this area by the Late Woodland period (circa A.D. 1000) or even the Late Archaic, are likely the ancestors of the Wampanoag people encountered by the English in the seventeenth century. Geography, archeology, linguistics, oral tradition, and history provide multiple lines of evidence that demonstrate longstanding ties between the Wampanoag and the area around Aquinnah and Chilmark and affirm affiliation with the burials at the Hornblower II and Abel's Hill sites. Determinations Made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 189 objects described in this notice 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. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe [[Page 4259]] (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], by March 1, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined to one or more of the culturally affiliated tribes, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non- federally recognized Indian group, may proceed. The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), as well as the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a non-federally recognized Indian group) that this notice has been published. Dated: October 16, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the Federal Register on January 25, 2018. [FR Doc. 2018-01721 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Apache Nation of the Camp Verde DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Indian Reservation, Arizona.
Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada; • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or National Park Service
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Executive Orders, indicate that the land [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024479;
Valley Reservation, Nevada; Summit from which the Native American human PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada; Tonto remains were removed is the aboriginal
Apache Tribe of Arizona; Walker River land of the Comanche Nation, Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
Paiute Tribe of the Walker River Oklahoma; and Kiowa Indian Tribe of S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Reservation, Nevada; White Mountain Oklahoma. Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian disposition of the human remains may ACTION: Notice.
Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott be to the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody
Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Museum of Archaeology has completed
Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa an inventory of human remains and
Reservation, Arizona); Yerington Paiute associated funerary objects, in
Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero consultation with the appropriate
Campbell Ranch, Nevada; and Zuni Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Reservation, New Mexico; San Carlos
organizations, and has determined that
Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
there is a cultural affiliation between the
Invited Tribes’’). Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache
human remains and associated funerary
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
History and Description of the Remains objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
In 1980, human remains representing, Reservation, Arizona; and Yavapai-
descendants or representatives of any
at minimum, one individual were Apache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
removed from site 41HC167 in Indian Reservation, Arizona.
organization not identified in this notice
Hutchinson County, TX, by Wes that wish to request transfer of control
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Phillips of the National Park Service of these human remains and associated
and Meeks Etchieson. Previous Representatives of any Indian Tribe or funerary objects should submit a written
collections from 41HC167 have shown it Native Hawaiian organization not request to the Robert S. Peabody
to be an archaic site. No known identified in this notice that wish to Museum of Archaeology. If no
individual was identified. No associated request transfer of control of these additional requestors come forward,
funerary objects are present. human remains should submit a written transfer of control of the human remains
Determinations Made by Alibates Flint request with information in support of and associated funerary objects to the
Quarries National Monument the request to Robert Maguire, lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Superintendent, Alibates Flint Quarries Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Officials of Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, P.O. Box 1460, this notice may proceed.
National Monument have determined Fritch, TX 79036, telephone (806) 857– DATES: Lineal descendants or
that: 3151, email Robert_Maguire@nps.gov,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the representatives of any Indian Tribe or
by March 1, 2018. After that date, if no Native Hawaiian organization not
human remains described in this notice
additional requestors have come identified in this notice that wish to
are Native American based on
forward, transfer of control of the request transfer of control of these
osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains to the Apache Tribe of human remains and associated funerary
human remains described in this notice Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, objects should submit a written request
represent the physical remains of one Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of with information in support of the
individual of Native American ancestry. Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New request to the Robert S. Peabody
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Museum of Archaeology at the address
relationship of shared group identity Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of in this notice by March 1, 2018.
cannot be reasonably traced between the the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert
Native American human remains and San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
any present-day Indian Tribe. Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
• According to final judgments of the Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
Indian Claims Commission or the Court Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort 749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
of Federal Claims, the land from which Apache Reservation, Arizona; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
the Native American human remains Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp here given in accordance with the
were removed is the aboriginal land of Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona, may Native American Graves Protection and
the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; proceed. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Fort Sill Alibates Flint Quarries National 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Monument is responsible for notifying of human remains and associated
Apache Nation, New Mexico; Kiowa The Consulted Tribes and The Invited funerary objects under the control of the
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Mescalero Tribes that this notice has been Robert S. Peabody Museum of
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Apache Tribe of the Mescalero published. Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Reservation, New Mexico; San Carlos Dated: October 31, 2017. Andover, MA. The human remains and
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos associated funerary objects were
Melanie O’Brien,
Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache removed from the Hornblower II and
Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Abel’s Hill sites in Dukes County, MA.
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache [FR Doc. 2018–01723 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am] This notice is published as part of the
Reservation, Arizona; and Yavapai- BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Park Service’s administrative
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(previously listed as the Mashpee SUMMARY: The Grand Rapids Public antler, 1 partial projectile point, and 1
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) Museum in consultation with the lead bullet.
and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head appropriate Indian Tribes or Native The objects are not typically
(Aquinnah). Hawaiian organizations, has determined associated with burials, but are
that the cultural items listed in this
Additional Requestors and Disposition consistent with material excavated from
notice meet the definition of objects of
village locations. Museum records
Lineal descendants or representatives cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants
or representatives of any Indian Tribe or indicate the ‘‘Medicine Man’s Bundle’’
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice Native Hawaiian organization not was originally bought from a dealer with
that wish to request transfer of control identified in this notice that wish to the understanding they were from an
of these human remains and associated claim these cultural items should archeological excavation conducted
funerary objects should submit a written submit a written request to the Grand prior to 1965. A determination of Osage
request with information in support of Rapids Public Museum. If no additional cultural affiliation is based on museum
the request to Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, claimants come forward, transfer of records, consultation, geographic
Robert S. Peabody Museum of control of the cultural items to the lineal location, and archeological information.
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Based on consultation, the contents of
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, Hawaiian organizations stated in this Osage bundles were and are of ongoing
telephone (978) 749–4490, email notice may proceed. cultural importance to the Osage Nation,
rwheeler@andover.edu, by March 1, DATES: Lineal descendants or cannot be alienated by any single
2018. After that date, if no additional representatives of any Indian Tribe or individual, and require protection and
requestors have come forward, transfer Native Hawaiian organization not extremely limited exposure.
of control of the human remains and identified in this notice that wish to
associated funerary objects to the claim these cultural items should Determinations Made by the Grand
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe submit a written request with Rapids Public Museum
(previously listed as the Mashpee information in support of the claim to Officials of the Grand Rapids Public
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) the Grand Rapids Public Museum at the Museum have determined that:
and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head address in this notice by March 1, 2018.
(Aquinnah), and, if joined to one or ADDRESSES: Andrea Melvin, Grand
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
more of the culturally affiliated tribes, Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street the six cultural items described above
the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone have ongoing historical, traditional, or
Nation, a non-federally recognized (616) 929–1700, email amelvin@ cultural importance central to the
Indian group, may proceed. grpm.org. Native American group or culture itself,
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of rather than property owned by an
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Archaeology is responsible for notifying individual.
here given in accordance with the
the Wampanoag Repatriation Native American Graves Protection and • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
Confederacy, representing the Mashpee Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. is a relationship of shared group
Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural identity that can be reasonably traced
listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag items under the control of The Osage between the objects of cultural
Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Nation (previously listed as the Osage patrimony and The Osage Nation
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Tribe) that meet the definition of objects (previously listed as the Osage Tribe).
(Aquinnah), as well as the Assonet Band of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C.
of the Wampanoag Nation (a non- 3001. Additional Requestors and Disposition
federally recognized Indian group) that This notice is published as part of the
this notice has been published. Lineal descendants or representatives
National Park Service’s administrative of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
Dated: October 16, 2017. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
organization not identified in this notice
Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
that wish to claim these cultural items
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal should submit a written request with
Editorial Note: This document was agency that has control of the Native information in support of the claim to
received at the Office of the Federal Register Andrea Melvin, Grand Rapids Public
American cultural items. The National
on January 25, 2018. Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW, Grand
Park Service is not responsible for the
[FR Doc. 2018–01721 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am] determinations in this notice. Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929–
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 1700, email amelvin@grpm.org, by
History and Description of the Cultural March 1, 2018. After that date, if no
Items additional claimants have come
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR At an unknown date, six cultural forward, transfer of control of the
items were removed from an unknown objects of cultural patrimony to The
National Park Service location in either southern Missouri or Osage Nation (previously listed as the
Arkansas. The cultural items were Osage Tribe) may proceed.
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024474: acquired by the Grand Rapids Public
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] The Grand Rapids Public Museum is
Museum on September 10, 1974, as a
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
bequest from the Ruth Herrick Estate responsible for notifying The Osage
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Nation (previously listed as the Osage
(Collection T–420 (B24)). The six objects
Items: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Tribe) that this notice has been
of cultural patrimony comprise the
Grand Rapids, MI published.
contents of a ‘‘Medicine Man’s Bundle’’
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. and include 1 lot of human and animal
teeth, 1 lot of unworked river stones, 1
ACTION: Notice.
lot of shell fragments, 1 weathered
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