Notice2023-14390
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
July 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, MA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43385-43386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14390]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036140; 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 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
Barnstable and Plymouth Counties, MA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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#96e4e1fef3f3faf3e4d6f7f8f2f9e0f3e4b8f3f2e3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2654514e43434a4354664748424950435408434253">[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
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
Two associated funerary objects were removed from the Corn Hill
site (19-BN-144/145) in Truro, Barnstable County, MA. In 2023, the
Buttonwoods Museum, Haverhill MA, transferred two red ochre samples to
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology to facilitate
repatriation. Fred Luce collected the samples during his excavation of
the site in 1915. The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
previously published a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (70 FR 16839-16840, April 1, 2005) for human remains and
associated funerary objects from Corn Hill, and they have already been
repatriated. The two associated funerary objects listed in this notice
are two red ochre samples that most likely are associated with the
repatriated human remains and funerary objects.
One associated funerary object was removed from the Taylor Hill
site (19-BN-106) in Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA. In 2023, during
preparation for a building renovation, personnel at the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology identified a large stone axe from the
Taylor Hill site; a note with the axe indicates a funerary association.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology previously published a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (70 FR 16839-
16840, April 1, 2005) for human remains and associated funerary objects
from Taylor Hill, and they have already been repatriated. The one
associated funerary object listed in this notice is a stone axe that
most likely is associated with the repatriated human remains and
funerary objects.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Titicut site in Plymouth County, MA. In 2022, during an
inventory, personnel at the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
identified additional human remains and associated funerary objects
from the Titicut site, which had been excavated
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by institute staff members in 1947. The human remains of one individual
were reported in a previous Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register (60 FR 8733, February 15, 1995), and they have
already been repatriated. The human remains listed in this notice
consist of one tooth. The one associated funerary object are the
remains of a dog that was interred near the individual.
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: geographical, archeological, linguistic, oral
traditional, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The four 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 Mashpee Wampanoag Indian
Tribe, and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
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 identified in this notice
and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian
group.
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 August 7, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology 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: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14390 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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