Notice2024-00529
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
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Published
January 12, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) 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 Butler and Hamilton Counties, OH.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2245-2247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00529]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037232; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Cincinnati Museum Center,
Cincinnati, 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 Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) 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 Butler and Hamilton
Counties, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tyler Swinney, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western
Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, telephone (513) 287-7000 Ext. 7287, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffbfcf8e6e1e1eaf6cfece6e1ecf6e2fafceafae2a1e0fde8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d090e0a14131318043d1e14131e0410080e18081053120f1a">[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
Cincinnati Museum Center. 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 Cincinnati
Museum Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from site 33Bu297 (Watson Gravel) in Butler County, OH. The
site was excavated by Bob Koth, most likely with assistance from
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History archeology personnel, during the
summer of 1973 and subsequently donated to the museum in October 1973.
A Fort Ancient determination for these ancestral Native American human
remains is based on the presence of associated diagnostic shell-
tempered pottery. The 49 associated funerary objects are one small
shell-tempered jar with three-line guilloche-incised neck, two copper-
stained bi-pointed bone pins/needles, 17 eroded sheet copper earspool
fragments, one shell disc bead, one tee-shaped bone awl, one shell-
tempered decorated rim sherd, one freshwater mussel shell, one flint
flake, one soil sample, six unburned animal bones, and 17 glacial
pebbles.
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
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removed from site 33Ha124(38) (Perin Village). The site was surface
collected by Cincinnati Museum of Natural History archeology personnel
in 1975 following disturbances associated with a golf course expansion.
A Late Woodland determination for these ancestral Native American human
remains is based on proximity to nearby sites and comparison to
diagnostic lithic artifacts recovered from the site during earlier
1960s surveys. The nine associated funerary objects are one polished
proximal deer phalanx and eight unburned animal bones.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 23 individuals were removed
from site 33Ha243(157) (Sayler Park Mound) in Hamilton County, Ohio.
The site was excavated from 1955-1957 by Dr. James Kellar on behalf of
the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History prior to housing development.
An Early Woodland determination for these ancestral Native American
human remains is based on mound dimensions, mortuary behavior (log
tombs), and associated diagnostic objects. The 83 associated funerary
objects are one bear effigy tubular pipe, one bird effigy pipe, one
banded slate expanding center gorget, 13 copper bracelets, three copper
bracelet fragments, one copper ring fragment, one unburned split bone
awl, one antler billet, one sandstone slot abrader, five barrel-shaped
marine shell beads, 10 lots of marine shell beads and fragments, 28
botanical/soil samples, one mending unburned deer humerus, 13 untyped
chert bifaces, one limestone-tempered body sherd, one freshwater
bivalve shell fragment, and one modified sedimentary stone.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 19 individuals were removed
from site 33Ha368 (Luebkeman Mound) in Hamilton County, Ohio. The site
was surface collected by Miami Purchase Association for Historic
Preservation (MPAHP) archeologists in 1980 after the mound has been
extensively looted and destroyed in 1978 and all MPAHP collections were
subsequently transferred to the museum in 1990. An Early or Middle
Woodland determination for these ancestral Native American human
remains is based on mound dimensions and Ohio Archaeological Inventory
documentation for the site. The 86 associated funerary objects include
one lot of unburned animal bone, one lot of worked animal bone, one lot
of saw-cut animal bone, one chert biface fragment, one lot of
unmodified gastropods, one lot of unmodified freshwater bivalve shells,
and one lot of worked freshwater bivalve shell fragments that were
surface collected along with ancestral remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, six individuals were
removed from site 33Ha400 (Schomaker Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio.
The site was surveyed by Miami Purchase Association for Historic
Preservation (MPAHP) in 1978; excavated by amateur archeologists Mike
Sedler and Tom Stumpf in 1984-1985; and, surveyed by the museum in 1985
during the Great Miami River Survey, which expanded to unit excavations
in 1986-1987. A Fort Ancient determination for these ancestral Native
American human remains is based on circular village orientation and
wall-trench domestic architecture, as well as the presence of
diagnostic shell-tempered ceramics and triangular arrow points. The 13
associated funerary objects are unburned animal bone; however, Tom
Stumpf apparently sold a human effigy smoking pipe to Jan Sorgenfri
before Mike Sedler donated ancestral Native American human remains in
his collection to the museum in 1991. The current location of the human
effigy smoking pipe is unknown.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals were removed
from site 33Ha586 (Driving Range Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio. The
site was surveyed and excavated by Kemron Environmental Services in
1992-1993 as part of a Metropolitan Sewer District project and
recovered cultural material was subsequently deposited at the museum in
1997. Late Archaic, Woodland, and Fort Ancient determinations for these
ancestral Native American human remains are based on the presence of
diagnostic shell- and rock-tempered ceramics, C14 dates, and diagnostic
stone tools characteristic of the Late Archaic period in southwest
Ohio. The 93 associated funerary objects include 17 soil samples, a
suspected toolkit (consisting of two bifaces, 10 burned limestone
pieces, one sandstone abrader, one retouched uniface, two mending
turtle shell fragments, one Merom cluster projectile point, 16
retouched flakes, one McWhinney cluster projectile point, three chert
flakes, and three unmodified freshwater bivalve shells with one
associated soil sample), 28 unburned animal bones, one bone awl distal
tip, one chert flake, one shell-tempered cord marked body sherd, and
four burned animal bones.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from site 33Ha588 (Martin Field Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio.
The site was partially excavated by Gray and Pape, Inc., in 1993 as
part of a Metropolitan Sewer District project and recovered cultural
material was subsequently deposited at the museum in 1996 and
accessioned in 2002. Although these ancestral Native American human
remains were recovered from highly disturbed contexts, a Late Archaic
period determination is probable based on diagnostic stone tools
(McWhinney cluster projectile points) recovered from nearby midden
deposits and features. The two associated funerary objects are one
burned Ordovician trilobite fossil and one chert flake.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from site 33Ha641 (Clear Creek Site) in Hamilton County, Ohio.
Cincinnati Museum Center conducted salvage excavations at the site in
1994 after the site had been graded in preparation for recreational
soccer fields and community park. A Fort Ancient determination for
these ancestral Native American human remains is based on the presence
of associated diagnostic shell-tempered pottery and triangular arrow
points. 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: anthropological, archeological, folkloric, geographic,
historical, linguistic, and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Cincinnati Museum Center has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 72 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 335 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
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this notice and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe;
The Osage Nation; and the Wyandotte 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 12, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Cincinnati
Museum Center 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 Cincinnati Museum Center 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: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00529 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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