Notice2023-17133
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA
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Published
August 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Georgia Laboratory 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 Dade County, GA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54348-54349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17133]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036327; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia Laboratory
of Archaeology, Athens, 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 University of Georgia Laboratory 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 Dade
County, GA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts Thompson, University of Georgia
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E. Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605,
telephone (706) 542-8373, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88e9fae7eafce0e7e5c8fdefe9a6edecfd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e584978a87918d8a88a5908284cb808190">[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
University of Georgia Laboratory 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 University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology.
Description
Ancestral remains representing, at minimum, 13 individuals were
removed from 9DD25, the Tunacunnhee site, in Dade County, GA. This site
is located near Trenton, GA, a few hundred yards east of Lookout Creek
and several miles south of the junction of Lookout Creek and the
Tennessee River. In 1973, these human remains were excavated during a
University of Georgia (UGA) field school led by Joseph R. Caldwell and
Richard W. Jefferies. All eight of the mounds at the Tunacunnhee site
were tested during the 1973 field season, with a total surface area of
8,000 feet was excavated. Since being removed, the collection has been
housed at the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology. The 304
associated funerary objects consist of indigenous ceramics, lithics,
copper plates, mica, copper and silver pan pipes, copper earspools,
copper pin, copper and silver fragments, woven materials, burnt clay,
faunal remains, drilled bear canines, drilled shark teeth, raptor
talons, and bone beads.
Ancestral remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
removed from site 9DD57, Dyar Rockshelter, in Dade County, GA, during a
survey conducted by Bruce Smith in 1975. At the time the site was
surveyed, a collection was made from the surface of the cave as well as
from
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test pits and areas just outside the cave. Since being removed, the
collection has been housed at the University of Georgia Laboratory of
Archaeology. No associated funerary objects are present.
Ancestral remains representing, at minimum, one individual were
removed from site 9DD35, Bone Cave, in Dade County, GA, during a survey
conducted by Bruce Smith in 1975. At the time the site was surveyed, a
collection was made from the surface of the site. Since being removed,
the collection has been housed at the University of Georgia Laboratory
of Archaeology. The human remains belong to an individual of
indeterminate age and sex. 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 and geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 17 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 304 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 Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
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 September 11, 2023.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Georgia Laboratory 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 University of Georgia
Laboratory 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: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17133 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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