Notice2023-28912
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, OH
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Published
January 3, 2024
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 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 Ross County, OH.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 387-389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28912]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037156; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park,
Chillicothe, OH
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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 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 Ross County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Chris Alford, Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park, 16062 State Route 104, Chillicothe, OH 45601,
telephone (740) 774-1126, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4122293328321e202d272e3325012f31326f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19299839882ae909d979e8395b19f8182df969e87">[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
Superintendent, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by Hopewell Culture National Historical Park.
Description
Human remains representing one individual were removed from the
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Higby Site, Ross County, OH, in or around 1962 by an unknown person.
The human remains were gifted to Mound City Group National Monument
(now Hopewell Culture National Historical Park) by L. D. Hurley in
September 1962. The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the North 40 Site (33RO338; also known as the Drill Field Site),
Ross County, OH in 1964 by National Park Service archeologist Richard
Faust and were accessioned into the museum collection at Mound City
Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park). The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Maurice Eugene Morrison's farm in the vicinity of archeological
sites 33RO0120 and 33RO121, Ross County, OH in 1965 by National Park
Service archeologist Lee Hanson and were accessioned into the museum
collection at Mound City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park). The age of the human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the property of Robert Williamson, Ross County, OH in 1966 during
excavations by National Park Service archeologist Lee Hanson and Rev.
Arthur Hayes and were accessioned into the museum collection at Mound
City Group National Monument (now Hopewell Culture National Historical
Park). Based on the limited excavation records and the funerary
objects, the human remains most probably date to the Early Woodland or
Middle Woodland period. The 11 associated funerary objects are one
ceramic sherd, one retouched flake, two soil samples, and seven
charcoal fragments.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from or near the Baum Earthworks, Ross County, OH, in the 1970s during
the excavation of a utility trench. The human remains were gifted to
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in 1995 by Bill Anderson Jr.
The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were most
probably removed from an unknown site in or near Ross County, OH at an
unknown date. The human remains were located within the collections at
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in 1990 and 1996 with no
known provenience. The age of the human remains is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Overly Site (33RO110), Ross County, OH in 1995 by an Ohio
State University archeological field school. The site is located on
private land. The National Park Service acquired the human remains
through a cooperative agreement with the university. An osteological
analysis concluded the human remains were a 30-40 year old Native
American male. A radiocarbon date obtained on wood charcoal from the
pit suggests the individual likely lived in the Archaic period, ca.
2000-1650 BCE. The 21 associated funerary objects are three collections
of red ocher, one piece of limestone, and 17 samples of charcoal.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Overly Site (33RO110), Ross County, OH by National
Park Service archeologist Bret J. Ruby in 1996. The site is located on
private land. These human remains were collected from the surface of
the site, having been disturbed by graveling operations. The National
Park Service acquired these human remains through a donation from the
landowner. The age of the human remains is unknown. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown site on private property, Ross County, OH during a
construction project in the 1970s. These human remains and the objects
recovered alongside them were donated to Hopewell Culture National
Historical Park in 1996 by a local resident, Jack Hatton. The age of
the human remains is unknown. The 49 associated funerary objects are
one quartz stone, one chert tool, one piece of chert debitage, and 46
pieces of fire-cracked rock.
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,
geographical information, historical information, linguistics, oral
tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 81 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-
nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Shawnee
Tribe; and The Osage Nation.
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 February 2, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, Hopewell Culture
National Historical Park 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. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
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
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regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14.
Dated: December 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28912 Filed 1-2-24; 8:45 am]
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