Notice2022-11080
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Andover, MA; Correction; Correction
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Published
May 24, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (formerly the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) has further corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects originally published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on September 13, 2005, and subsequently corrected in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice further corrects the number of associated funerary objects. 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 Institute 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31575-31576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11080]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033901; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Andover, MA; Correction; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (formerly the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) has further corrected an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects originally
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register
on September 13, 2005, and subsequently corrected in a Notice of
Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register on
December 21, 2018. This notice further corrects the number of
associated funerary objects. 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 Institute 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 Institute of
Archaeology at the address in this notice by June 23, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover,
MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d0f0a15181811180f3d1c1319120b180f53181908"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="681a1f000d0d040d1a2809060c071e0d1a460d0c1d">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow County, GA
and Little Egypt site, Murray County, GA.
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 human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
This notice further corrects the number of associated funerary
objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (70 FR 54075-54076, September 13, 2005) and initially
corrected in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction in the Federal
Register (83 FR 65726-65727, December 21, 2018). In June 2021, the
Rochester Museum & Science Center in Rochester, NY, transferred control
of human remains and associated funerary objects to the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology to aid in the repatriation of
ancestral remains and belongings from Etowah. These human remains and
associated belongings had been removed by Warren K. Moorehead between
1925 and 1928 and given to the Rochester Museum & Science Center in
1931. The updated counts and descriptions of the associated funerary
objects reflect this transfer. Two additional items are counted among
the associated funerary objects in this correction notice--one that was
recently identified and one that had been stolen from the Peabody
Institute and has been returned. Transfer of control of all the items
listed in this correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (83 FR 65726, December 21, 2018), column 3,
paragraph 1, sentence 2, under the heading ``Correction'' is corrected
by substituting the following sentence:
Between 1925 and 1928, human remains representing a minimum of
95 individuals were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow County, GA,
by Warren King Moorehead of the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 65726, December 21, 2018), column 3,
paragraph 2, sentence 2, under the heading ``Correction'' is corrected
by substituting the following sentence:
The 24,826 associated funerary objects are 34 animal bone
fragments and fragment lots; one dog burial; one basketry fragment
with clay matrix lot; three burnt clay, ceramic sherds, and animal
bones in lot; one ceramic bead; two ceramic elbow pipes; two ceramic
basket- or canoe-shaped pipe; one ceramic pipe; one ceramic handle;
22 ceramic sherds; nine ceramic vessels; one lot of charcoal and
soil; one concretion; two fragments of a copper axe with wooden
handle; one copper covered wooden top knot, serpent shaped; two
copper disks; 680 copper fragments, including wood fragments, copper
bilobed arrow ornament, mica, adhered shell beads, textile and
matting fragments, animal bone; 90 copper headdress, hair ornaments
and fragments; 69 copper repousse plates and fragments; three
fragments of daub and fire-hardened soil; 175 freshwater pearl
beads; 56 freshwater periwinkle shells; seven freshwater shells and
fragments; one fur fragment with copper staining; four galena
crystals; one bear canine; one kaolin core with copper; one lot of
kaolin, bark, animal bone fragments, mica, soil, and ceramic sherds;
four large flint bifaces or swords; 11 chipped stone projectile
points; one ground stone tool fragment; three leather fragments; one
limestone spatulate celt; one lump of mineral ore; 108 matting
fragments, including copper stained matting, textiles, and adhered
shell beads; 83 mica fragments, some with copper stained matrix; 405
miscellaneous shells and small shells; 12 modified animal bone
fragments; one quartz preform; 22,528 shell beads, including divers
sizes and shapes (round, ovoid, tubular, disc, barrel, elongated,
irregular), as well as mixed lots of shell beads, freshwater pearl
beads, Olivella and Marginella shell beads, soil matrix, ceramic
sherds, as well as copper stained shell beads, and fragments of
deteriorated beads; two rough shell disks; 13 shell gorgets and
gorget fragments; 166 small stones; three soil samples; 10 pieces of
wood and animal bone mixed with soil in lot; five stone celts and
fragments; five stone discoidals; 10 textile fragments, including
some mixed lots with wood, copper fragments, and shell beads; nine
tortoise shell strips or bands; one unmodified horse conch shell;
six whelk shell cup fragments; 22 whelk shell fragments; one shell
dipper; two whelk shell columella ornaments and fragments; 237 wood
fragments, and mixed lots of wood with copper staining, mica, and
soil; one worked stone fragment; two large Atlantic cockle shells;
and one ``puffball'' fungus.
In the Federal Register (70 FR 54076, September 13, 2005), column
2, paragraph 1, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following
sentence:
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of 105
individuals of Native American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 65727, December 21, 2018), column 1,
paragraph 3 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 24,869
objects described above are reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains at the time of
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death or later as part of a death rite or ceremony.
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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b595c434e4e474e596b4a454f445d4e59054e4f5e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0476736c616168617644656a606b7261762a616071">[email protected]</span></a>, by June 23, 2022.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Kialegee Tribal Town;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians [previously listed as Poarch Band of
Creeks]; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'') may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 4, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-11080 Filed 5-23-22; 8:45 am]
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