Notice2024-12068
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Published
June 3, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) 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 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47596-47597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12068]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038008; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: San Diego State University, San
Diego, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), San Diego State University (SDSU) 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 July 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jaime Lennox, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile
Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, telephone (619)594-4575, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771d1b121919180f370413040259121302"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="442e28212a2a2b3c04372037316a212031">[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 SDSU,
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, two individuals have been reasonably identified. The 16,994
associated funerary objects are: 8,244 shell fragments and beads; 4,027
lithic fragments and tools; 36 ceramic sherds; 980 charcoal fragments;
1,082 fire affected rock fragments; 116 groundstone fragments; 2,449
faunal fragments; 15 asphaltum fragments; two ochre fragments; two
glass fragments; one soil sample; one concretion fragment; six wood
fragments; and 33 non-cultural stones. Site SDI-18009 (Lomas Santa Fe)
is located in San Diego County, CA, and was excavated by environmental
consultants David Smith and Associates in 1972. SDSU received the
collection resulting from this excavation in 1973 and was accessioned
into the SDSU assemblage as CMP-SDSU-0025.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The 3,588
associated funerary objects are: 3,530 faunal fragments; 41 shell
fragments; and 17 vegetal fragment. Site SDI-5443 (W-654; Rimbach/
Sorrento Valley; Lion Research Site; Village of Ystagua) is located in
San Diego County, CA. SDSU received the collection removed from SDI-
5443 at an unknown date by an unknown individual and was accessioned
into the SDSU assemblage as CMP-SDSU-0819.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The 952
associated funerary objects are 942 faunal fragments and 10 shell
fragments. Site SDI-4513/SDI-4609/SDI-5443 (W-654; 1992-17; Rimbach/
Sorrento Valley; Lion Research Site; Village of Ystagua) is located in
San Diego County, CA. SDSU received the collection removed from SDI-
4513/SDI-4609/SDI-5443 at an unknown date by an unknown individual and
was accessioned into the SDSU assemblage as CMP-SDSU-0822.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, nine individuals have been reasonably identified. The 16,818
associated funerary objects are: 117 vegetal flotation samples; three
floral samples; 159 ochre fragments; 176 baked clay fragments; 110 wood
fragments; 22 mica fragments; 14 graphite fragments; 85 lots of
charcoal fragments; 17 unidentified vegetal fragments; one steatite
fragment; two sand concentrations; one insect husk; one seed; 6,446
lithics; 395 groundstone fragments; one metate; 3,665 faunal fragments;
4,828 ceramic sherds; 16 soil samples; 80 fire affected rock fragments;
44 shell beads and fragments; and 635 historic items including glass
sherds, metal fragments and nails. Site SDI-945 (W-835; Cuyamaca Rancho
State Park) is located in San Diego County, CA. The collection removed
from site SDI-945 resulted from a 1999 archaeological field school
conducted by SDSU. The collection was accessioned into the SDSU
assemblage as CMP-SDSU-0824.
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
SDSU has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 38,352 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of
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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 Campo
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo Indian Reservation,
California; Capitan Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of
California (Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of
the Barona Reservation, California; Viejas (Baron Long) Group of
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Viejas Reservation,
California); Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians, California; Iipay
Nation of Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of the Inaja and Cosmit Reservation, California; Jamul Indian
Village of California; La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the
La Posta Indian Reservation, California; Manzanita Band of Diegueno
Mission Indians of the Manzanita Reservation, California; Mesa Grande
Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the Mesa Grande Reservation,
California; San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of California;
and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay 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 July 3, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, SDSU 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. SDSU 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: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12068 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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