Notice2022-26797
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover MA
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Published
December 9, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (RSPI) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Jefferson County, MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26797]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034976; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology (RSPI) has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Jefferson County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. 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#1a686d727f7f767f685a7b747e756c7f68347f7e6f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4d6d3ccc1c1c8c1d6e4c5cac0cbd2c1d68ac1c0d1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
RSPI. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the RSPI.
Description
In February of 1924, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Jefferson County, MS. Warren K.
Moorehead, working under the auspices of the Department of Archaeology
at Phillips Academy (now the RSPI), removed these human remains from
Mounds C and/or D at Ferguson Mounds, 22JE500, also known as Feltus
Mounds and the Judge Truly site. (In March of 1924, Moorehead
transferred additional human remains and funerary objects from this
site to Ale[scaron] Hrdli[ccaron]ka at what is now the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of Natural History.) The Ferguson Mounds
date to the Coles Creek period (700-1,100 CE). The fragmentary human
remains belong to two adult males. No known individuals were
identified. The 573 associated funerary objects are 123 bifaces, seven
faunal remains, one abrading stone, five chunks of ash, one bag of ashy
bone matrix, 27 celts, nine fragments of daub, one effigy figurine
fragment, one hammerstone, 110 points, 20 fragments of shatter, eight
edge tools, 11 knives, 10 flakes, five perforators, one scraper, one
axe, five unfinished objects, nine fragments of debitage, 213 ceramic
sherds, one pigment stone, one pipe fragment, and three plummets.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological, archeological, biological, historical,
linguistic, other relevant information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the RSPI has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 573 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.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 9, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the RSPI must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The RSPI is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-26797 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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