Notice2024-07717
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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April 11, 2024
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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 25652-25658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07717]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037737; 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 Sreet, Columbia, MO 65211, telephone (573) 882-9157, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3856595f484a597855514b4b574d4a51165d5c4d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb858a8c9b998aab86829898849e9982c58e8f9e">[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.
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing at
least, 457 individuals have been reasonably identified and 38,132
associated funerary objects from 57 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
Benton, Cedar, Dade, Henry, Hickory, Polk and St. Clair Counties,
Missouri. In 2009, the Kansas City Corps of Engineers determined 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.
23BE3, Wray-Martin Mound I, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains 16 individuals, including one child (aged 6-8 years.), one
infant, one adolescent (aged 14-16.5 years), 12 adults, one adult male,
excavated in 1963 by W. Raymond Wood and UMC staff as part of the Harry
S. Truman Dam and Reservoir project. This site also contains 341
associated funerary objects, including 131 debitage, one hammerstone,
11 misc. shells, one shell bead, two soil samples, one bone awl in two
parts, one cut/modified wolf maxilla, one gouge, 28 projectile point/
knife (including one oval knife, one Scallorn point, two Rice side
notched points), 22 bifaces, six misc. stone, 134 misc. faunal
fragments, one flake tool (uniface scraper), and one drill.
23BE6, Fairfield Mound, Benton County, Missouri. This site contains
43 individuals, including 28 adults, two adult females, three adult
males, three children (aged 1-3, 1-3, 5-9 years), two adolescents (both
aged 8-14 years), four infants, and one individual, excavated in 1958-
1964 by W. Raymond Wood and UMC staff as part of the Harry S. Truman
Dam and Reservoir project. This site also contains 4,054 associated
funerary objects, including 101 ceramic fragments, 2,162 debitage, 106
misc. shell fragments, 830 misc. faunal fragments, 27 cores, seven
groundstones, two mano, one stone abrader, two hammerstones, two soil
samples, 51 shell beads, 69 bone beads, 26 utilized flakes/expedient
tools, four drills, 177 bifaces, 328 projectile points/knife, one bone
awl, one bone tool, 15 hematite, 90 misc. stone (including five
calcite), five pollen samples, one sandstone, one shell gorget, 17
glass fragments, two wood (including one copper stained piece of wood),
one seed, one fossil, 21 metal fragments, one metal button, and two
charcoal samples.
23BE108, No site name, Benton County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, excavated by UMC staff in 1960, as part of the Harry S.
Truman Dam and Reservoir Project. This site also contains 4,501
associated funerary objects, including 3,360 misc. faunal fragments,
532 misc. stone, one projectile point/knife, 141 misc. shell, 416
debitage, one historic ceramic fragment, eight charred wood, eight
seeds, three soil samples and 21 charcoal samples, and 10 metal
fragments.
23BE117, Karr's Camp Mound, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains nine individuals, including six adults, one infant, one child
(aged 4-8 years); and one individual, excavated by UMC W. Raymond Wood
and UMC staff 1962-1963 as part of the Harry S. Truman Dam and
Reservoir Project. This site also contains 253 associated funerary
objects, including 83 debitage, two flake tools (including a possible
scraper), six bifaces, one drill, 16 projectile point/knives (including
seven Scallorn points, two Cooper points, two Rice side notched
points), three hematite, five misc. shell, 13 shell beads (including
two conch shell disc beads, one Anculosa bead), two bone beads, two
worked bone objects, two wood fragments, 101 misc. faunal fragments,
and 17 misc. stone.
23BE118, Devil's Bluff Mound, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by Rolland E. Pangborn and University of
Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the Harry S Truman Dam and Reservoir
project. This site also contains 124 associated funerary objects,
including 82 debitage, two bifaces, 10 projectile point/knives
(including three Rice side notched points, one ``other dart'', two dart
point tips, four Scallorn points), three ground hematite, two misc.
stone, two misc. shell, five snail shell, nine misc. faunal fragments,
two bone beads, one soil sample, three pollen samples, one (charred)
wood, and two charcoal samples.
23BE120, Cairn Bluff, Benton County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, excavated by University of Missouri staff as part of the
Harry S Truman Dam and Reservoir project in 1962 by Rolland Pangborn,
Donna Roper, and University of Missouri staff for contract DACW41-77-C-
0132. This site also contains two associated funerary objects,
including one hafted biface and one hematite.
23BE128, Wray-Martin Mound 2, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains six individuals, including four adults, one child (aged 2-6
years), and one adolescent, excavated in 1963 by W. Raymond Wood,
Edward Sudderth, and University of Missouri staff as part of the Harry
S Truman Dam and Reservoir project. This site also contains 144
associated funerary objects, including 27 debitage, one flake tool, 10
bifaces, 11 projectile points/knife, two ground hematite, one misc.
stone, one gastropod/snail, four charcoal samples, one soil sample, 15
dog faunal fragments remains (including one dog mandible with teeth),
three copper beads, five bone beads, one misc. shell, two Anculosa
shell beads, four historic ceramics, one drill, and 55 misc. faunal
fragments.
23BE135, Melanin Mound 1, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains eight individuals, including seven adults and one child (aged
2-3 years), excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri
staff in 1964 as part of the Harry S Truman Dam and Reservoir project.
This site also contains 245 associated funerary objects, including 10
Anculosa shell beads, seven projectile points/knife (including one
knife fragment), 32 misc. faunal fragments, two bone beads, two
bifaces, one flake tool, one groundstone fragment, 151 debitage, 12
misc. stone, one soil sample, two pollen sample, and 24 charred hickory
nutshell fragments.
23BE136, Melanin Mound 2, Benton County, Missouri. This site
contains 12 individuals, including nine adults, one adult male, one
child (aged 2-4 years), and one juvenile, excavated by W. Raymond Wood
and University of Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the Harry S Truman
Dam and Reservoir project. The site also contains 357 associated
funerary objects, including 58 debitage, two hematite, one groundstone
fragment, 45 misc. stone, three limonite, 29 misc. shell, one
gastropod/snail shell, 11 soil samples, 13 projectile point/knife
(including eight Rice side notched points, two chipped stone knife
fragments, one projectile point base), one charcoal sample, 12 biface
fragments, 93 dog faunal fragments remains, five polished bone objects,
and 83 misc. faunal fragments.
23BE137, Barren Cairn, Benton County, Missouri. This site contains
five individuals, including four adults and one child (aged less than 5
years), excavated by Rolland E. Pangborn and University of Missouri
staff in 1964 as part of the Harry S Truman Dam and Reservoir project.
This site also contains 88 associated funerary objects, including 17
debitage, 15 flake tools, two projectile points/knife, 22 biface, one
groundstone, one hematite, one limonite, two soil samples, three pollen
samples, and 24 misc. faunal fragments.
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23CE32, Buck's Cave, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains one
individual, excavated by R. Bruce McMillan, Rolland E. Pangborn, and
University of Missouri staff in 1965 as part of the Hackleman Corner
Reservoir project. This site also contains 246 associated funerary
objects, including 159 debitage, 51 misc. shell, one charcoal sample,
and 35 misc. faunal fragments.
23CE104, Simmons Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
six individuals, including five adults and one child, excavated in 1961
by Carl H. Chapman and University of Missouri staff as part of the
Stockton Lake/Reservoir project. This site also contains 133 associated
funerary objects, including 41 debitage, nine misc. stone, two charcoal
samples, two soil samples, two cores, two bifaces, two scrapers, two
unifaces, one drill, 25 misc. faunal fragments, two coyote claws, 33
projectile points (including 28 Scallorn points, one Rice side notched
point, one Gary point, three projectile points), and 10 ceramic
fragments.
23CE111, Mache Hollow Shelter, Cedar County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated in 1963 by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland E.
Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff as part of the Stockton
Lake/Reservoir project. This site also contains eight associated
funerary objects, including eight misc. faunal fragments.
23CE119, Coy Jones Farm Cabin Cairn, Cedar County, Missouri. This
site contains one adult, excavated in 1961 by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
E. Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff as part of the Stockton
Lake/Reservoir project. This site also contains one associated funerary
object, including one misc. faunal fragments.
23CE122, Clemons Mounds, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
27 individuals, including 12 adults (two of which are possibly male),
14 children, and one infant, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland E.
Pangborn, R. Bruce McMillan, and University of Missouri staff 1962-1963
as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. This site also contains 565
associated funerary objects, including 233 debitage, 42 ceramic
fragments (including one historic ceramic), one drill, four bifaces, 11
cores, 45 misc. stone, eight limestone, 123 misc. faunal fragments, two
groundstones, five shell beads, 16 bone bead, 16 snail shells, two
flake tools, and 57 projectile points (including 13 Rice side-notched
points, 33 Cooper points, one knife, one Guffy-like point, one Fresno
point, three darts, one table rock stem, and one other hafted).
23CE123, Broyles Cairn, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
four individuals, including one adult, one adolescent (aged 9.5-14.5
years), one child (aged 7.5-12.5 years), and one infant (aged 1.5-2
years), collected by Carl Chapman and University of Missouri staff 1961
as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. This site also contains 643
associated funerary objects, including 110 debitage, nine biface, 17
misc. stone, 42 misc. shells, 150 shell beads (including 135 Anculosa
shell beads), 21 bone beads (including 11 larger disk beads previously
labeled as tubular beads and five tubular beads), 176 misc. faunal
fragments, 26 projectile points (including four Scallorn points, seven
Huffaker points, two Washita points, one hafted biface, one Fresno
point, eight Cahokia points and four Rice side-notched points), five
bone pin fragments, one celt, one mano, 52 ground hematite, 27 ceramic
fragments, two ceramic (pipe) fragments, two seeds, one groundstone,
and one hammerstone.
23CE135, Little Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
one individual, collected from the surface in 1964 as part of the
Stockton Reservoir Project. This site also contains five associated
funerary objects, including one mano, one metate, one axe fragment, and
two debitage.
23CE141, DeGraffenreid Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, excavated by Rolland Pangborn and University of
Missouri staff 1964 as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. This
site also contains 11 associated funerary objects, including one
biface, two debitage, and eight misc. faunal fragments.
23CE148, Umber Point Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site
contains 24 individuals, including 11 adults, two adult females, six
children, and five infants, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff 1965 as part of the Stockton
Reservoir Project. This site also contains 515 associated funerary
objects, including 35 projectile points (including four Rice side-
notched points, two Scallorn points, one Cupp type point, one other
point), one biface, three flake tools, one core, 225 debitage, 15 misc.
stone, one sandstone, two hematite, 14 fragments of groundstone pipe,
38 shell beads (including 12 Marginella, 15 Anculosa, three tubular
conch shell), one ceramic fragment, two drill, one groundstone, four
mano, five ochre, 145 misc. faunal fragments, one bone awl, four
polished bone objects, two worked bone objects, two bone beads, two
turtle carapaces, three charred wood, one nutshell, two soil samples,
three pollen samples, and two misc. shells.
23CE150, Sorter's Bluff Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site
contains 27 individuals, including 12 adult, three adult males, three
adult females, one adolescent, five children, and three infants,
excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland Pangborn, and University of
Missouri staff, 1965, as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. This
site also contains 820 associated funerary objects, including five
projectile points (including one Scallorn point, one Reed point, one
other point, two Harrel Cahokia points), 115 debitage, one biface, 11
misc. stone, 185 misc. faunal fragments, 18 seeds, five soil samples,
one ceramic fragments, 319 shell beads (including 19 periwinkle, six
conch disc, one Olivella, 42 Anculosa, 50 Marginella), 36 worked bone
objects (including one spatulate), one turtle shell bowl, one mano, two
groundstones, five stone axes, one ochre, 11 antler tools, two bone
beads, 99 misc. shell, and two shell objects.
23CE152, Bowling Stone Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site
contains eight individuals, including one adult male, four adults, one
adolescent, one child, and one infant, excavated in 1965 by W. Raymond
Wood and University of Missouri staff as part of the Stockton Lake/
Reservoir archaeological salvage project. This site also contains 1,105
associated funerary objects, including 126 debitage, one groundstone
fragment, five limestone, one misc. stone, three bifaces, six misc.
shell, 426 ceramic fragments, four pollen samples, nine deer bone tool
fragments, one shell brooch, two partially reconstructed celts, two
partially reconstructed mano, 448 misc. faunal fragments, five Scallorn
points, and 66 botanical seeds (including three nutshells and five
charred corn kernels).
23CE155, Hogback Cairn, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
seven individuals, including one adult female, four adults, and two
children (aged 3-5 and 6-10 years), collected by Robert Bray, and UMC
staff 1954 as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. Based on
archives, this is the same site as 23CE34. This site also contains 46
associated funerary objects, including seven debitage, two sandstone,
11 misc. stone, 23 misc. faunal fragments, one biface, and two misc.
shell.
23CE190, Amity Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
three individuals, including two adults and one child, collected by
Bruce McMillan, Rolland Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff in
1964, as part of the Hackleman Corner Reservoir
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project. This site also contains 468 associated funerary objects,
including two debitage, one hematite, 169 misc. stone, one ochre, one
ceramic fragments, 92 misc. faunal fragments, 198 misc. shell, two
fossils, one charcoal sample, and one iron hook.
23CE198, Alberta Mound, Cedar County, Missouri. This site contains
two individuals, including one adult and one child, excavated by Bruce
McMillan, Rolland Pangborn and University of Missouri staff in 1964 as
part of the Hackleman Corner Reservoir project, which was never built.
This site also contains 364 associated funerary objects, including 75
misc. faunal fragments, four shell bead fragments (conch), 40 misc.
shell, 105 debitage, 133 misc. stone, three groundstone pipe fragments,
three cores, and one possible knife tip.
23DA201, Morgan Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains 14
individuals, including six adults, six children, one infant, and one
individual, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland Pangborn, and
University of Missouri staff in 1965 as part of the Stockton Reservoir
project. This site also contains 30 associated funerary objects,
including 21 debitage, two misc. faunal fragments, one projectile
point, two misc. stone, two sandstone, and two misc. botanicals.
23DA216, Sand Bluff Cairn, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains one individual, excavated in 1964 by R. Bruce McMillan and the
University of Missouri staff as part of the Stockton Lake/Reservoir
archaeological salvage project. This site also contains 340 associated
funerary objects, including 253 debitage, three misc. stone, one misc.
faunal fragments, three flake tools, six dart points, one other biface,
one core, 45 ceramic fragments, 21 hafted bifaces (including 13
Scallorn points, five Rice side notched points, one Marshall point, one
Standlee Langtry point, one Guffy-like point), one corn kernel, one
misc. seed, one galena, and three charcoal samples.
23DA219, Matthews Cairn/Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains 14 individuals, including seven adults, one adult male, one
adolescent (aged ~14 years), and five children (aged 3-6, 8-9, 10-13,
8-14 and 7-12 years), excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of
Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This
site also contains 619 associated funerary objects, including 62
debitage, two flake tool, four misc. stone, one ochre, 19 bone beads,
52 misc. shell, one gastropod/snail, 53 shell beads, three pollen
samples, eight projectile point/knife, three bifaces, one sandstone
abrader, one misc. sandstone, six bone awls, two worked bone tools, one
elbow pipe fragment, one jar, 63 ceramic fragment, three mano, 61 seeds
(including approximately one oz burned nutshells and four charred corn
kernels), four soil samples, two charcoal samples, and 266 misc. faunal
fragments.
23DA221, Comstock Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult female, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of
Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This
site also contains 919 associated funerary objects, including 24
ceramic fragments, two flake tools, 14 bifaces, nine projectile points,
one groundstone (nuttingstone), 42 misc. faunal fragments, two rolled
silver metal items, three copper fragments, 12 shell beads (thin
tubes), 632 glass/porcelain beads, two pollen samples, and 176
debitage.
23DA222, Tunnel Bluff Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains 13 individuals, including four adults, two adolescents (aged
9-14 and 16-18 years), four children (aged 2-3, 3.5-5, 5-7 and 9.5-11
years), two infants (aged 6 months-2 years), and one fetal infant,
excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff in 1964
as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 308
associated funerary objects, including 73 debitage, 26 misc. faunal
fragments, 12 misc. sandstone, two sandstone slabs, 52 bone tool
fragments, 25 bone beads, three pollen samples, 10 Scallorn points,
five other points, five bifaces, one drill, four ceramic fragments, two
groundstone pipes, five mano, one hammerstone, one hematite, two turtle
shell bowls, 37 misc. shell, 40 shell beads, one misc. stone, and one
soil sample.
23DA225, Bunker Hill Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains 29 individuals, including one adult female, nine adults, 14
children, and five infants, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the
Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 1,019 associated
funerary objects, including 125 debitage, seven flake tools, 13
bifaces, 20 projectile point/knife (including two Scallorn points), one
drill, seven misc. stone, 298 shell beads, one hematite, two
groundstone pipes, one celt, one mano, one worked bone awl, two bone
beads, 16 worked bone tools, seven soil samples, 48 misc. faunal
fragments, three turtle shells, one charred wood, 123 ceramic
fragments, six misc. shell, and 336 botanical (including 140 charred
hickory and hazelnut nuts and 192 charred corn kernels).
23DA226, Divine Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains 30
individuals, including nine adult males, 10 adults, three individuals,
six children, two infants, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff in 1964 as part of the
Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 666 associated
funerary objects, including 25 debitage, nine bifaces, 12 hematite,
three hammerstones, 28 misc. shell fragments, seven shell beads, three
shell gorget, three soil samples, two pollen samples, one mano, one
misc. stone, one greenstone celt, one bone bead, four bone tool
fragments, one tip of a deer ulna tool, one fragment of large bone
spatulate, three bone awl, three modified turtle fragments, 16
projectile points/knife (including one knife, seven Scallorn points,
one WRE point, one other point), one clay pipe, two groundstone pipes,
296 misc. faunal fragments, 190 faunal remains from dog burial, 47
ceramic fragments, and six seeds.
23DA237, Turnback Cairn, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and UMC staff in 1964 as part
of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 114
associated funerary objects, including 79 debitage, one pebble chopper/
uniface, seven bifaces, one drill, 13 projectile point/knives
(including one Marshall point, two Scallorn points, five Reed points,
one Keota point, one Guffy-like point, one dart; two misc. hafted
bifaces), one groundstone mano, three misc. stone, eight wood, and one
pollen sample.
23DA246, Paradise Tree Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site
contains 11 individuals, including two adult males, one adult female,
two adults, two adolescents, three children, and one infant, excavated
by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff in 1965 as part of
the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 334 associated
funerary objects, including 88 debitage, two hematite, one limestone,
20 misc. shell, three soil samples, three pollen samples, seven
projectile points (including two corner notched dart points, one
Scallorn point, and four Rice side notched points), two ceramic
fragments, one ceramic pipe (four fragments), one bone spatulate
(broken), 16 bone spatulate fragments, one bone awl, four bone beads,
two biface fragments, 163 shell beads, two misc. stone, 16 misc. faunal
fragments, one wood, and one charcoal sample.
23DA250, Eureka Mound, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains
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three individuals, including one male, one female, and one child,
excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff 1964-1965
as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 228
associated funerary objects, including 42 misc. faunal fragments
(including one deer antler, one deer ulna, three deer scapulae, 16
fresh water drum teeth, one deer tibia), one chert pebble hammerstone,
eight bifaces, six flake tools, one core, six projectile points, five
bone pin fragments (including one stained green), one groundstone, 27
ceramic fragments, 118 debitage, nine copper fragments, one charcoal
sample, two pollen samples, and one Spiro engraved water bottle dated
A.D. 1000-1450.
23DA269, No site name, Dade County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, collected by P. Nichols, and Espey, Huston and Associates in
1967 as part of the Stockton Reservoir Project. This site also contains
one associated funerary object, including one drill.
23HE1, Don Bell Site, Henry County, Missouri. This site contains
one individual, excavated in 1950 by University of Missouri staff. Part
of the Harry S Truman Reservoir collection. This site also contains 156
associated funerary objects, including one misc. stone, one soil
sample, and 154 ceramic fragments.
23HE139, Mandrake Mound, Henry County, Missouri. This site contains
13 individuals including, six adults, three adult males, two juveniles,
one child (aged 2-4 years), and one adolescent (aged 12-13 years),
excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland Pangborn, and University of
Missouri staff as part of the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. This
site also contains 45 associated funerary objects, including 22
debitage, four sandstone, two misc. stone, five misc. shells, seven
soil samples, three misc. faunal, and two pollen samples.
23HE145, Chauncey Site, Henry County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult (possibly female), excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
Pangborn, and University of Missouri staff in 1962 as part of the Harry
S Truman Reservoir Project. This site also contains 16 associated
funerary objects, including one groundstone mano/hammerstone, one
curved knife, one double pointed flint tool, 11 misc. faunal fragments
(including one beaver tooth), and two soil samples.
23HE147, Gobbler's Knob Cairn, Henry County, Missouri. This site
contains five individuals, including two adults, one adult female, one
adult male, and one infant, excavated by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland
Pangborn and UMC staff in 1962 as part of the Harry S. Truman Reservoir
project. This site also contains 112 associated funerary objects,
including 33 debitage, two biface, eight misc. stone, three ochre, five
wood, one nutshell, eight misc. shell, 39 misc. faunal fragments, one
metal fragment, one charcoal sample, one fossil, six pollen samples,
and four soil samples.
23HE148, Ilo Cairns, Henry County, Missouri. This site contains two
individuals, including one adult and one child (aged 3-5 years),
excavated in 1960 by W. Raymond Wood, Rolland Pangborn, and University
of Missouri staff as part of the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. This
site also contains 278 associated funerary objects, including 121
debitage, one core, one scraper, two bifaces, one Scallorn point, eight
sandstones (one is tear-drop shaped and one is bipointed), seven misc.
stone, one limestone, two soil samples, 62 gastropods, 65 misc. faunal
fragments, six seeds, and one charcoal sample.
23HE150, Eckardt Cairn, Henry County, Missouri. This site contains
15 individuals, including one adolescent (aged 11-14 years), 10 adults,
one adult male, and three individuals, excavated by W. Raymond Wood,
Rolland Pangborn, and UMC staff in 1968 as part of the Harry S. Truman
Reservoir project. This site also contains 554 associated funerary
objects, including 41 debitage, two cores, 6 projectile points
(including four Scallorn points and two rice side notched points), one
clay pipe, 14 misc. stone, 339 misc. faunal fragments, one groundstone
fragment, one gorget, 49 shell beads (including 35 Anculosa, four
conch, five Marginella, six tubular), three bone awls, three flake tool
(including one scraper), one biface, one misc. shell, two bone beads,
four botanical (including pecan shell), 22 crinoid beads, one pollen
sample, 49 fossils, 13 limestone, and one soil sample.
23HI18, Lytle Cairn, Hickory County, Missouri. This site contains
one adult, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri
staff in 1958 as part of the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. This
site also contains 478 associated funerary objects, including 216
debitage, four bifaces, three misc. shell, 203 misc. faunal fragments,
33 ceramic fragments, one hematite, five misc. stone, eight projectile
points, one flake tool, and four shell disk beads.
23HI30, Mount Indian Cairn/Murelle Mound, Hickory County, Missouri.
This site contains six individuals, including three adults and three
children, excavated in 1957 by W. Raymond Wood and University of
Missouri staff as part of the Pomme de Terre/Harry S Truman Reservoir
projects. This site also contains 931 associated funerary objects,
including five ceramic vessels, 27 bifaces, 425 debitage, 74 ceramic
fragments, six projectile points, one core, 29 hematite, one misc.
stone, one sandstone, two ochre, 244 misc. faunal fragments, three
canid teeth, seven flake tools, 63 misc. shell, and 43 shell beads.
23HI87, No site name, Hickory County, Missouri. This site contains
one individual, collected by W. Raymond Wood and UMC in 1957 as part of
the Harry S Truman Reservoir project. This site also contains nine
associated funerary objects, including nine misc. faunal fragments.
23HI149, Cave Knob Mound, Hickory County, Missouri. This site
contains three individuals, including one adult and two children (aged
3 and 8-13 years), excavated by W. Raymond Wood and UMC staff as part
of the Harry S. Truman Reservoir project. This site also contains 258
associated funerary objects, including one red ceramic fragment, 10
bifaces, two drills, 10 projectile points (including two Rice sided
notched points, one Scallorn points, two projectile point bases, one
chert knife), one sandstone mano, 33 misc. faunal fragments (including
one modified wolf maxilla, three unmodified deer teeth), 156 utilized
flakes, one core, and 44 debitage.
23HI172, Blackwell Cave, Hickory County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, Collected by Carl Falk and UMC staff in 1966 as
part of the Pomme de Terre Reservoir project. This site also includes
11,127 associated funerary objects, including 8,354 misc. faunal
fragments, 1,738 debitage, 19 misc. stone, 791 misc. shell, 22 bifaces,
15 hafted bifaces, two drills, three hematite, one wood, three worked
bone objects, 20 charcoal samples, eight uniface, seven cores, 53 misc.
botanical, 75 ceramic fragments, one ochre, 14 pollen samples, and one
glass.
23PO165, Star Ridge Cairn, Polk County, Missouri. This site
contains two individuals, including one adult and one child, excavated
by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff in 1957-1958 as
part of the Pomme de Terre Reservoir project. This site also contains
93 associated funerary objects, including 20 debitage, four sandstones,
one shell bead, two groundstone fragments, 65 misc. faunal fragments,
and one hafted biface.
23PO300, Madrigal Mound, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains
19 individuals, including 10 adults, one adult female, two infant,
three children, and three adolescents, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and
University of Missouri staff in 1962 as part of the
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Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 545 associated
funerary objects, including 103 ceramic fragments, nine bags of charred
corn kernels, 15 debitage, two flake tool, one ground hematite, one
biface, two sandstone, two misc. stone, 30 misc. faunal fragments, two
gastropod/snail, nine misc. shell, 321 shell beads, six wood, one bone
bead, eight soil samples, two pollen samples, nine projectile point/
knife, one mano, five bone awl fragments, and 16 fragmented bone/antler
bracelet segments.
23PO301, Petite Cote Cairn, 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 251 associated funerary objects, including 199 misc.
faunal fragments, three soil samples, 38 debitage, one misc. stone, two
lead objects, one Huffaker point, one biface, two brass fragments, and
four misc. shells.
23PO304, Cordwood Cairn, Polk County, Missouri. This site contains
six individuals, including one infant, two children, and three adults,
excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff in 1963
as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also contains 616
associated funerary objects, including 44 debitage, 23 flake tools,
three soil samples, two bifaces, five projectile points/knife, 100
misc. faunal fragments, three ceramic fragments, one gastropod, 433
shell beads, and two dolomite ear spools.
23PO306, Slick Rock Mound, Polk County, Missouri. This site
contains 21 individuals, including two infants, two children (aged 10-
12, 5-7 years), one adolescent (aged 12-16 years), nine adults, three
adult males, and four adult females, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and
University of Missouri staff 1962-1963 as part of the Stockton
Reservoir project. This site also contains 423 associated funerary
objects, including nine ceramic fragments, 94 debitage, 25 flake tools,
13 limestone, 18 misc. stone, four sandstone, two bifaces, seven misc.
shell, three seeds, one wood, 106 misc. faunal fragments, four soil
samples, two drills, two bone awl fragments, three bone pins, eight
shell tool fragments (two rings, six worked shell), 115 shell beads,
one core, and six projectile points.
23PO307, King's Curtain Mound, Polk County, Missouri. King's
Curtain Mound. This site contains 18 individuals, including one
juvenile, one infant, three children (aged 2-6, 6-10, 9-12 years), one
adolescent, two adult females, one adult male, seven adults, and two
individuals, excavated by W. Raymond Wood and University of Missouri
staff in 1963 as part of the Stockton Reservoir project. This site also
contains 606 associated funerary objects, including 25 debitage, 17
projectile point/knife, one sandstone, three ochre/limonite, five misc.
stone, one iron ore, seven soil samples, six seeds, one charcoal
sample, 302 shell beads (including 200 Anculosa beads, three Marginella
beads, 62 burnt shell beads, four disc beads), one fragmented
groundstone pipe, two gorgets, one drill, two flake tools, 17 bifaces,
three bone awls fragments, four worked bone objects, 14 misc. shell,
one polished bone, 157 misc. faunal fragments, six clay pipes, 29
ceramic fragments, and one ceramic vessel.
23SR108, Monegaw Cave/Spy Cave, St. Clair County, Missouri. This
site contains two individuals, including one adult and one child, and
was found in collections in 2021 from the 1959 survey surface
collection by Ralph Duerr and Mett Shippee. This site also contains 907
associated funerary objects, including 290 misc. faunal fragments
(including five turtle shell fragments), 32 misc. shell, two bifaces,
one wood, four unifaces, 575 debitage, and three misc. stone.
23SR111, Monte Verde Mound, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains one individual, collected by Carl H. Chapman and University of
Missouri staff in 1960 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir
project. This site also contains 126 associated funerary objects,
including 122 misc. faunal fragments, one debitage, one Rice side
notched point, one hafted biface, and one drill.
23SR135, Woody Cairn, St. Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains one individual, collected by Carl H. Chapman and University of
Missouri staff in 1960-1962 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir
project. This site also includes 217 associated funerary objects,
including 103 debitage, eight bifaces, 10 projectile points/knives, 81
sandstone, one misc. stone, one misc. shell, seven gastropods, one
misc. faunal fragments, two wood, and three charcoal samples.
23SR138, Magistrate Bluff Mound, St. Clair County, Missouri. This
site contains three individuals, including one adult female, one
adolescent (aged 12-19.5 years), and one individual, excavated by W.
Raymond Wood and University of Missouri staff in 1963 as part of the
Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir project. This site also contains 223
associated funerary objects, including 112 debitage, 24 projectile
points (including seven Rice side notched points, one dart chou biface,
16 Scallorn points, and two crisp ovate burls), 17 ochre, 20 bifaces,
one hematite, three unifaces, two drills, one misc. shell, one worked
bone object, 23 conch shell beads, 15 worked conch shell fragments, and
four shell gorget fragments.
23SR141, Briley Creek, St Clair County, Missouri. This site
contains one adult, collected by Carl H. Chapman and University of
Missouri staff in 1965 as part of the Kaysinger Bluff Reservoir
project. This site also contains 544 associated funerary objects,
including one ceramic fragment, 452 debitage, one drill, two flake
tools, 14 bifaces, seven projectile points, 16 misc. stone, 33 misc.
faunal fragments, 17 misc. shell, and one charcoal sample.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about 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 457 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 38,132 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
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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. 2024-07717 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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