Notice2023-03235
Notice of Inventory Completion: Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
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Published
February 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Douglas County, GA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9904-9905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03235]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035337; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Antonio J. Waring, Jr.
Archaeological Laboratory, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
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 Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological
Laboratory has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were removed from Douglas County, GA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Nathan R. Lawres, Laboratory Director, Antonio J.
Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory, University of West Georgia, 1601
Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, telephone (678) 839-6454, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c8cac7d1d4c3d5e6d1c3d5d2c1c788c3c2d3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d5bbb9b4a2a7b0a695a2b0a6a1b2b4fbb0b1a0">[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
Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory. 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 Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory.
Description
In the summer of 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from the Annewakee Creek Site (9DO2) in
Douglas County, GA, by Dr. Roy Dickens, a faculty member of the
Anthropology Department at Georgia State University. Dickens reported
on these excavations in the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Bulletin, No. 18, pp. 31-42 (see particularly pp. 36-38). Commenting on
these human remains, Dickens stated, ``No burials were found in the
1972 excavations although the owner had recovered two partial skeletons
in his initial grading operations'' (Dickens, 1975:38). The collection
was acquired by the Antonio J. Waring Archaeological Laboratory,
University of West Georgia, through a transfer of archeological
collections and records from Georgia State University to West Georgia
College, presently the University of West Georgia. This transfer took
place in the summer of 1991, following the termination of the
archeological component of the anthropology program of Georgia State
University. Incomplete copies of skeletal inventories conducted at the
Georgia State University Laboratory of Archaeology by R. Johnson on
October 11, 1973, are the only records that accompany the Annewakee
Creek Mound Collection. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Officials of the Antonio J. Waring Archaeological Laboratory have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains
described in this notice a represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry based on morphological traits
of the human remains and the archeological context from which they were
recovered. The archeological context suggests a Middle Woodland Period
chronological association, and on the basis of the ceramic types
present, the human remains most likely date to A.D. 300-600.
Additionally, there is a \14\C date of A.D. 605 <plus-minus> 85
[GX2825] that was obtained from charred wood associated with Middle
Woodland Period ceramics.
Further assessment of the human remains and associated collections
was made by Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory
professional staff in consultation with members of the STARR Alliance,
including representatives of the Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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,
oral traditional, expert opinion, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<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 Kialegee Tribal Town;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological
Laboratory must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Antonio J.
Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory 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: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03235 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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