Notice2023-13304
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
June 22, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 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 Monmouth County, NJ.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40852-40853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13304]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036066; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) 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
Monmouth County, NJ.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88f8ebe9f8e7e6edc8eee9fba6e0e9fafee9faeca6edecfd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71011210011e1f14311710025f191003071003155f141504">[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
PMAE. 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 PMAE.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from near a shell heap in Keyport, Monmouth County, NJ, by Reverend
Samuel Lockwood between 1858 and 1887. The Peabody Museum purchased the
human remains from Lockwood in 1888. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from near the reform church in Keyport, Monmouth County, NJ, by
Reverend Samuel Lockwood in 1880 and between 1858 and 1887. The Peabody
Museum purchased the human remains from Lockwood in 1888. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The interments all likely date to the Late Woodland Period (A.D.
900-1600) and are likely associated with the Keyport Shell Heap (New
Jersey state site numbers 28MO009 and 28MO010). The Keyport Shell Heap
has been dated to the Late Woodland and possibly the Contact Period
(A.D. post 1600), based on artifacts found in the shell heap.
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,
and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after July 24, 2023. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the PMAE 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 PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of
this
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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 and
10.11.
Dated: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13304 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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