Notice2023-01233
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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Published
January 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) 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 Oconee and Pickens Counties, SC.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4204-4205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01233]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035145; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia,
SC
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 South Carolina Institute of Archaeology
and Anthropology (SCIAA) 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 Oconee and Pickens Counties, SC.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Adam King, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology (SCIAA), College of Arts and Sciences, University of South
Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, telephone (803)
409-9777, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#51303a383f361122327f343524"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d2c2624232a0d3e2e63282938">[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
SCIAA. 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 SCIAA.
Description
In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from site 38OC186, Oconee County, SC, by Dr. Chester B.
DePratter of SCIAA, Dr. Mark Williams of the University of Georgia,
Athens, GA, and Dr. Marvin T. Smith of Garrow and Associates, Atlanta,
GA. The expedition was jointly funded by the LAMAR lnstitute of
Watkinsville, GA, with permission of the property owner, Ms. Anne
Kelley of Liberty, SC. No known individuals were identified. The 137
associated funerary objects are 121 white glass wire wound barley corn
beads; four silver ball and cone earrings; and 12 cast brass with iron
loop metal buttons.
In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from site 38PN1, Fort Prince George, Pickens County, SC,
by Mr. John D. Combes of SCIAA, as part of the Keowee Toxaway Reservoir
salvage excavations conducted for Duke Power Company of Charlotte, NC.
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
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: archeological, geographical, and historical information
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, SCIAA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 137 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have
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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 Cherokee Nation and the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
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 February 23, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SCIAA 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 SCIAA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: January 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-01233 Filed 1-23-23; 8:45 am]
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