Notice2024-19680
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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Published
September 3, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Texas Tech University 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 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71394-71396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19680]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038625; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX
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 Museum of Texas Tech University 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 October 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Eileen Johnson, Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301
4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79415, telephone (806) 742-2442, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#15707c7970707b3b7f7a7d7b667a7b556161603b707160"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="74111d1811111a5a1e1b1c1a071b1a340000015a111001">[email protected]</span></a>. Mailing Address: Dr. Eileen Johnson, Museum of
Texas Tech University, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409.
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
Museum of Texas Tech University, 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, 106 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 249
associated funerary objects are: a bowl; Olivella shell beads; lithic
objects; potsherds; bone tools; faunal remains; clam/mussel shell;
wood; and unworked stone.
In 1930 and 1931, human skeletal remains representing at least 20
adult and juvenile individuals were unearthed under the supervision of
Dr. William Curry Holden (Museum Director 1929-1969) from the Ancestral
Pueblo of Tecolte (LA296) in San Miguel County, New Mexico. Accessioned
by the Museum between
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1930 and 1939, and in 1940. The 47 associated funerary objects are: a
shaft straightener; stone drill; bifaces; lithic debris; potsherds;
awls; antler punch; bone gouge or scraper; faunal remains; clam/mussel
shell; wood pieces; and unworked stone.
In 1939, human skeletal remains representing at least five adult
individuals were unearthed under the supervision of Dr. William Curry
Holden (Museum Director 1929-1969) from the Ancestral Pueblo of
Arrowhead (LA251) near Glorietta, New Mexico. Accessioned by the Museum
in 1939 and 1940. The one associated funerary object is a non-human
vertebra.
In 1950 through 1954, human skeletal remains representing at least
40 adult, juvenile, and infant individuals were unearthed under the
supervision of Jane Holden Kelley (Museum employee) from the Ancestral
Pueblo of Bonnell (LA612) near Glencoe, New Mexico. Accessioned by the
Museum in 1950 and 1951. The 201 associated funerary objects include a
Chupadero Black-on-White bowl found covering the face of a juvenile
individual and 200 Olivella shell beads found around the neck of the
same individual.
A human skull representing one juvenile individual was stolen from
the Museum by a student worker in 1970 and returned anonymously by mail
in 1994 with a hand-written note of explanation. No identifying
information was present with the skull. Four juvenile burials described
by Jane Holden Kelley from the Ancestral Pueblo of Bonnell have not
been matched conclusively with Bonnell material. Based on the age
profile of the unmatched burials from Bonnell, the overall age
demographic of the human skeletal remains from Bonnell, and the age of
this individual, it is highly likely that this skull is from the
Bonnell Collection and may be associated with other skeletal elements
in the collection.
In 1955, human skeletal remains representing at least one juvenile
individual were unearthed under the supervision of Jane Holden Kelley
(Museum employee) from the Ancestral Pueblo of Bonnell B near Glencoe,
New Mexico. Bonnell B is directly next to the main Bonnell excavation
and is described by Kelley as contemporaneous. Accessioned by the
Museum in 1955. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1955, human skeletal remains representing at least one adult
individual were unearthed under the supervision of Jane Holden Kelley
(Museum employee) from the Ancestral Pueblo of Turner/Phillips (LA1537)
near White Oaks, New Mexico.
Additionally, human skeletal remains representing at least one
juvenile individual have been identified as possibly from the Ancestral
Pueblo of Turner/Phillips (LA1537). Accessioned by the Museum in 1955.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1954, human skeletal remains representing at least 10 adult and
juvenile individuals were unearthed under the supervision of Jane
Holden Kelley (Museum employee) from the Ancestral Pueblo of Bloom
Mound (LA2528), 14 miles southwest of Roswell, New Mexico. Kelley notes
that none of the human remains from Bloom Mound were intentional
burials. Most were found under collapsed roofs, in roof debris, or in
room fill, often in sprawled positions, and with evidence of burning.
Accessioned by the Museum in 1955. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In 1954, human skeletal remains representing at least two
individuals (one adult and one juvenile) were unearthed under the
supervision of Jane Holden Kelley (Museum employee) from the Ancestral
Pueblo of Hiner (LA176565) near Corona, New Mexico. Accessioned by the
Museum in 1958. No associated funerary objects are present.
In the 1950s, human skeletal remains representing at least three
individuals (one adult, one juvenile, and one infant) were unearthed
under the supervision of Jane Holden Kelley (Museum employee) from
Ancestral Pueblo sites along the Upper and Middle Pe[ntilde]asco River.
The remains have been identified as coming from one of two possible
sites (Site 2000 or Mayhill Site 2). Accessioned by the Museum in 1958.
No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1956, human skeletal remains representing at least 18 adults,
juveniles, and infants were unearthed under the supervision of Jane
Holden Kelley (Museum employee) from the Ancestral Pueblo of Block
Lookout (LA2112) in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Kelley noted that the
site was badly looted and many human skeletal elements were found
scattered around pot-holes. Only six individuals were found in-situ.
Accessioned by the Museum in 1958. No associated funerary objects are
present.
In the 1950, human skeletal remains representing four individuals
were unearthed from various sites in the Sierra Blanca region of New
Mexico under the supervision of Jane Holden Kelley (Museum employee).
The human skeletal remains representing one adult, one juvenile, and
two infant individuals from the Sierra Blanca Collection cannot be
associated to specific sites. All the Sierra Blanca Collection sites
with human remains are Ancestral Pueblos. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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 Museum of Texas Tech University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 106 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 249 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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo
Pueblo; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
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
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notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 3, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of Texas
Tech University 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 Museum of Texas Tech University 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: August 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-19680 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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