Notice2024-07716
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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Published
April 11, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25662-25663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07716]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037736; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of
Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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 Missouri Museum of
Anthropology 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Candace Sall, University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology
1020 Lowry Street, Columbia, MO 65211, telephone (573) 882-9157, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#244a454354564564494d57574b51564d0a414051"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81efe0e6f1f3e0c1ece8f2f2eef4f3e8afe4e5f4">[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 Missouri Museum of Anthropology, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 36 individuals have been reasonably identified and 22,739
associated funerary objects from 15 sites (see site descriptions) In
the 1950s and 1960s, American Archaeology Division at the University of
Missouri completed several surveys and excavations under contract for
the National Park Service, and later for the Corps of Engineers, in
Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk and St. Clair Counties, Missouri. In 2009,
the Kansas City Corps of Engineers determine the work on these sites
occurred before land was purchased and control of the collection was
passed to the University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology.
23CE34, no site name, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
six individuals, including two adults, two adolescents, and two
children, collected by UMC staff as part of the Stockton Reservoir
Project. This site also contains 432 associated funerary objects,
including eight debitage, 70 misc. stone, 326 misc. faunal fragments,
one antler tool, five petrified wood, five charcoal, 14 misc. shell,
three groundstones and misc. botanical surface debris.
23DA207, Toler Cave, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains one
adult, excavated between 1961-64 by MU as part of the Stockton Lake
Reservoir project. This site also contains 204 associated funerary
objects, including 109 debitage, one biface, one projectile point, one
core, 67 misc. shell, five ceramic fragments, and 20 misc. faunal
fragments.
23DA235, no site name, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains a
tooth from an adult, collected during a surface survey by Rolland
Pangborn and University of Missouri staff in 1963 as part of the
Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 26 associated
funerary objects, including two groundstones, two hammerstones, one
uniface, three hafted bifaces, and 18 other bifaces.
23DA245, Elmer Long Shelter, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of
Missouri staff in 1961 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This
site also contains four associated funerary objects, including misc.
two faunal fragments and two ceramics fragments.
23HI34, no site name, Hickory County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, collected by Carl Chapman, likely in the 1950s as part of
the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. No associated funerary objects
are present.
23HI135, Holbert Bridge Mound, Hickory Country, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of
Missouri staff in 1957 as part of the Pomme de Terre Reservoir project.
This site also contains 102 associated funerary objects, including 60
debitage, one core, two flake tools (including one scraper and one
uniface), five bifaces, 30 projectile point/knives (including 29 Afton
points), one groundstone, two misc. stone, and one soil sample.
23PO305, Colline Mound, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri
staff in 1963 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also
contains 185 associated funerary objects, including 143 debitage, one
projectile point, three flake tools, 11 limestone, two soil samples, 13
misc. faunal fragments, and 12 bifaces.
23PO308, no name site, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, collected by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri
staff in 1963 as part of the Stockton Lake Reservoir project. This site
also contains two associated funerary objects, including one debitage
and one projectile point.
23PO312, no name site, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult and was recorded by Pangborn in 1964 as part of the Stockton
Lake Reservoir Project. This site also contains six associated funerary
objects, including six misc. faunal fragments.
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23SR21, Rock House Cave, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains two individuals, including one child and one adult, and the
site was probably excavated by Carl H. Chapman, UMC, or by MU staff,
potentially as early as 1930s, although the exact circumstances and
date of acquisition are unknown. This site also contains 725 associated
funerary objects, including 473 misc. faunal fragments, 76 debitage,
three misc. stone, 57 misc. shell, 16 bifaces, one hafted biface, one
hematite, two charcoal samples, six unifaces, 89 ceramics, and one
seed.
23SR103, Rock House Shelter/Broulee Shelter, St. Clair County,
Missouri. This site contains two adults, and Chapman or Mett Shippee
likely recovered material in the 1950s as part of surveys, although the
exact circumstances and date of acquisition are unknown. This site also
contains 5,334 associated funerary objects, including 199 ceramic
fragments, 3,622 debitage, three drills, 20 flake tools, 100 bifaces,
39 hafted bifaces, five core, five hematite, four mano, one
groundstone, two hammerstones, 76 misc. stone, 620 misc. faunal
fragments, 629 misc. shell, four wood, four seeds, and one charcoal
sample.
23SR117, Harrison Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by Carl H. Chapman and University of
Missouri staff in 1962 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff project. This
site also contains 13,212 associated funerary objects, including 8,140
debitage, five cores, 47 flake tools, 88 bifaces, two drills, 27
projectile points, 61 sandstones, 17 ochre, 321 misc. stone, two
groundstones, 10 daub, 83 ceramic fragments, 256 misc. shell, 4,089
misc. faunal fragments, one soil sample, 22 misc. botanicals, 32 wood,
one galena, and eight charcoal samples.
23SR122, Gray Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains three individuals, including two adult males and one adult,
excavated by Carl H. Chapman and University of Missouri staff in 1961
as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir salvage project. This site
also contains 2,132 associated funerary objects, including 894 misc.
faunal fragments, 1,080 debitage, six misc. stone, 16 misc. shell, 29
bifaces, one hafted biface, six wood, seven uniface, three cores, one
charcoal sample, 53 iron objects, 22 ceramic fragments (including
Baytown plain ceramic fragments and four historic ceramics), two
nuttingstones, three scrapers, and nine seeds.
23SR126, Cat Hollow Shelter, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by Rolland Pangborn and University of
Missouri staff in 1961 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir salvage
project. This site also contains 373 associated funerary objects,
including 358 misc. faunal fragments, one ceramic fragment, one
charcoal sample and 13 misc. stone.
23SRUNPROV4, unprovenienced individuals and funerary objects from
St. Clair County from either 23SR21 or 23SR103. This site contains 13
individuals, including two adolescents (aged 14-18, 16-24 years), eight
adult males, and three adults. Survey conducted by Carl Chapman and UMC
staff from 1960-1962 for the HST Reservoir (formerly Kaysinger Bluff)
project. This collection was identified in review of former KCCCOE
collections in 2023 and belongs to either Rock House cave (23SR21) or
Rock House shelter (23SR103), per the note inside the box. This site
also contains two associated funerary objects, including one misc.
botanical and one misc. faunal fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 36 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 22,739 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice 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
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 May 13, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of
Missouri Museum of Anthropology 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 Missouri Museum
of Anthropology 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 10.10.
Dated: April 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07716 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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