Notice2024-20293
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, TX
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Published
September 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73435-73436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20293]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038667; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at San
Antonio, Center for Archaeological Research, San Antonio, 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 University of Texas at San Antonio
(UTSA) Center for Archaeological Research (CAR) 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 10, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cynthia Munoz, Center for Archaeological Research (CAR), One
UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249,
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telephone (210) 458-4379, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8bbb1b6bca1f6b5adb6b7a298adacabb9f6bdbcad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a3933343e2374372f3435201a2f2e293b743f3e2f">[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
CAR, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, 58 individuals have been
identified. The 80 associated funerary objects are bone awls, bone
beads, one possible bone bead, bone pins, one incised bone, modified
bone, possibly modified bone, one shark tooth, one sting ray spine, one
turtle shell, lithic bifaces, one lithic blade, one possible boatstone,
lithic dart points, lithic debitage, red ochre (74 grams), marine
shell, one modified shell, and shell pendants. The remains and
associated funerary objects are associated with the 1990-1991 and 1997-
1998 Houston Archaeological Society archaeological investigations of
41FB3, the Bowser Site, in Fort Bend County, Texas. The burials and
objects were donated by the land owner to CAR in 2016. The land owner
retained most of the grave goods. The remains consist of 13 adult
females, 25 adult males, five adults of indeterminate sex, 13
juveniles, and two individuals of indeterminate age and sex. The
burials represent Native Americans from the Late Archaic Period, 2500
BC-AD 600/700, based on dates of two burials obtained by the original
investigators. Recovered point types, including Pedernales, Marshall,
Gary, Kent, Morhiss, Ensor, and Ellis, are consistent with the time
period. No known hazardous substances were used to treat the remains or
objects.
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 CAR has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 58 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 80 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Tonkawa
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
10, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the CAR
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 CAR 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 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20293 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
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