Notice2023-27794
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
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Published
December 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) 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 Pickens County, SC.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87809-87810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27794]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037087; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Carolina Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, Columbia,
SC
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 South Carolina Institute of Archaeology
and Anthropology (SCIAA) 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 Pickens County, SC.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nina Schreiner, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and
Anthropology (SCIAA), College of Arts and Sciences, University of South
Carolina, 1321 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29208, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d083b3b8a2b5b9bebe90b5bdb1b9bcfea3b3feb5b4a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc8fbfb4aeb9b5b2b29cb9b1bdb5b0f2afbff2b9b8a9">[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
SCIAA. 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 SCIAA.
Description
In 1968, human remains were removed from site 38PN1, Fort Prince
George, Pickens County, SC, by Mr. John D. Combes of SCIAA, during the
Keowee Toxaway Reservoir salvage excavations conducted for Duke Power
Company of Charlotte, NC. These individuals were listed in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 7, 2023
(88 FR 4204-4205) and have been repatriated. Subsequently, one
associated funerary object was discovered in SCIAA collections,
consisting of one lot of faunal material.
In 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, 20 individuals
were removed from site 38PN2, I.C. Few, Pickens County, SC, by Dr.
Robert T. Grange, Jr. of the Department of Anthropology, University of
South Florida, Tampa, during the Keowee Toxaway Reservoir salvage
excavations conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power Company of Charlotte, NC.
The five associated funerary objects are one lot consisting of shell
material, one lot consisting of faunal material, one lot consisting of
lithic material, one lot of charcoal, and one lot consisting of ceramic
material.
In 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from site 38PN4, Rock Turtle, Pickens County, SC, by Dr.
William E. Edwards of SCIAA, during the Keowee Toxaway Reservoir
salvage excavations conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power Company of
Charlotte, NC. The six associated funerary objects are one lot
consisting of metal material, one lot consisting of ceramic material,
one lot consisting of glass material, one lot consisting of lithic
material, one lot consisting of soil, and one lot consisting of
charcoal.
In 1967, one associated funerary object was removed from site
38PN34, the Pot Site, Pickens County, SC, by Mr. John D. Combes of
SCIAA, during the Keowee Toxaway Reservoir salvage excavations
conducted by SCIAA for Duke Power Company of Charlotte, NC. The one
associated funerary object is one lot consisting of ceramic material.
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: anthropological information, archeological information,
and historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the SCIAA has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry.
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<bullet> The 13 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; 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 January 18, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SCIAA 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 SCIAA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27794 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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