Notice2023-16065
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
July 28, 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Essex County, MA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 144 (Friday, July 28, 2023)]
[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: 2023-16065]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036253; 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 associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were
removed from Essex County, MA.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after August 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4493, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e795908f82828b8295a786898388918295c9828392"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d4f4a55585851584f7d5c5359524b584f13585948">[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
In 1890, Dr. F. Humphrey removed human remains and associated
funerary objects from an unknown site in Ipswich, Essex County, MA.
Subsequently, he transferred them to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology. In 1963, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
transferred the human remains associated with the funerary objects to
the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (see 87 FR 69317-
69326, November 18, 2022). The 32 associated funerary objects are one
stone adze; two stone axes; two chipped stone objects; one bone fish
hook; two stone gouges; three grooved stones; five ground stone
objects; five hammer stones; two modified stones; two stone pestles;
five stone plummets; one roundstone; and one soapstone fragment.
At unknown date, Thomas Clegg removed human remains and associated
funerary objects from the Merrimac Valley near Lawrence, Essex County,
MA. Subsequently, he transferred them to the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology. In 1963, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology transferred the human remains associated with the funerary
objects to the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (see
87 FR 69317-69326, November 18, 2022). The 17 associated funerary
objects are one broken gouge; one fragment of a ground stone object;
one lot consisting of ceramic sherds; six lots consisting of chipped
objects and object fragments; one lot consisting of points and point
fragments; one lot consisting of stone bifaces; one lot consisting of
stone drills; one lot consisting of stone points and fragments; one
perforated stone; one perforated stone or pendant; one soapstone
fragment; and one stone knife.
Cultural Affiliation
The 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, biological, geographical, historical, linguistic, oral
traditional, and expert opinion.
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 49 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 associated funerary objects described
in this notice and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe
of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after August 28, 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 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: July 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-16065 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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