Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology, Amherst, MA; Correction, 53770-53771 [2014-21515]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 2014 / Notices
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology has corrected an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2014. This
notice corrects the minimum number of
individuals and number of associated
funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
to the University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Department of Anthropology.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology at the address in this
notice by October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Julie Woods, Repatriation
Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003,
telephone (413) 545–2702, email repat@
anthro.umass.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
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3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Gill, Franklin County, MA, and
Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and number of
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (79 FR 27926–27928,
May 14, 2014). The associated funerary
objects from the Casley-Stempel site in
Gill, MA, and human remains and
associated funerary objects from the
Bark Wigwams Site, Northampton, MA,
were mistakenly omitted from this
Notice of Inventory Completion.
Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 4,
sentence 2 is corrected by substituting
the following:
The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the towns of
Westfield in Hampden County, MA;
Easthampton, Northampton, Hatfield,
Hadley, North Hadley, and South Hadley in
Hampshire County, MA; Deerfield, Gill, and
Greenfield in Franklin County, MA; and
Hardwick and Princeton, in Worcester
County, MA.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 16,
sentences 9–11 are corrected by
substituting the following:
From the Casley-Stemple site, 4,190
associated funerary objects were removed.
The associated funerary objects include
individual non-lithic funerary objects and
849 lots of lithic artifacts. The non-lithic
artifacts include 1,870 pottery sherds, 506
unidentified faunal bones, 838 pieces of
charcoal, 5 unidentified seeds, 1 piece of
whiteware, 5 pieces of brick, 1 piece of glass,
3 pieces of soapstone, 1 piece of iron, 5 sets
of red ocher fragments, 14 pieces of shell and
92 unidentified artifacts. The 849 lots of
lithic artifacts include a majority of flakes,
fragments, and chipping debris of various
materials; partial and complete projectile
points; preforms and chunks of quartz and
other materials; perforators; edge tools;
hammerstones; and cobbles.
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In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), after paragraph
19, insert the following:
During a Field School in 1985, an
inadvertent discovery of a burial led to the
excavation of two individuals at the Bark
Wigwams site, Northampton, Hampshire
County, MA, by faculty and students of the
University of Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, as requested by the
Massachusetts State Archaeologist. The
individuals were transferred to the
Massachusetts Historical Commission and
were believed to be reinterred at an unknown
date. Soil samples containing bone and teeth
fragments representing, at minimum, one
individual and associated funerary objects
have remained at the University. No known
individuals were identified. From the Bark
Wigwams site 38 lots of associated funerary
objects were removed, including 5 lots of
historic material (glass, metals, ceramics and
brick), 1 lot of charred nuts, 8 lots of lithic
flakes, 5 lots of stone tool fragments, 1 lot of
rock, 3 lots of lithic debitage, 2 lots of
projectile points, 3 lots of unidentified faunal
bone, 1 lot of unidentified charred bone, 1 lot
of organic material, 4 lots of soil samples and
4 lots of burial soil.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 22 is
corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 95 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926–
27928, May 14, 2014), paragraph 23 is
corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,234
objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed with
or near individual human remains at the time
of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Julie Woods, Repatriation
Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003,
telephone (413) 545–2702, email repat@
anthro.umass.edu, by October 10, 2014.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) may proceed.
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 2014 / Notices
The University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Department of Anthropology
is responsible for notifying the
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin;
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah); and non-Federally
recognized Indian groups, including
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St.
Francis/Sokoki Band, VT; Abenaki
Nation of New Hampshire; Cowasuck
Band of the Pennacook—Abenaki
People, NH; Elnu Tribe of the Abenaki,
VT; Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional
Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation, VT;
Koasek Traditional Band of the
Sovereign Abenaki Nation, VT;
Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki
Nation, VT; and Chaubunagungamaug
Nipmuck and Nipmuc Nation, MA, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 16, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Consultation
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
to the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
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request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Arizona State Museum at
the address in this notice by October 10,
2014.
ADDRESSES: John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
2950.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Pima County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the museum,
institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Arizona State
Museum (ASM) professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; San Carlos
Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe
of Arizona; White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona; and Yavapai-Apache Nation of
the Camp Verde Indian Reservation,
Arizona.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1995, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from an unrecorded site, AZ
BB:10:—in Pima County, AZ. The
human remains were exposed by
erosion in a wash and reported to the
Pima County Sheriff’s Department. The
Sheriff’s Department collected the
human remains, assigned a case
number, and brought them to their
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offices where the medical examiner
determined that the human remains
were prehistoric. The human remains
were transferred to ASM in August
1995, but were not assigned an
accession number. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on dental wear and other
biological indications, the human
remains likely date to the prehistoric or
early historical period (9000 BC–AD
1850).
In 1999, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from private land at an
unrecorded site, AZ BB:13:—South
Fontana, in Tucson, AZ. The landowner
reported the find to the Tucson Police
Department. The police department
assigned a case number and consulted
with forensic anthropologist Dr. Walter
Birkby, who determined that the
remains were likely prehistoric. The
human remains were subsequently
transferred to ASM and were assigned
an accession number. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 2007, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Barrio Libre Site, AZ
BB:13:495(ASM), in Tucson, AZ. The
human remains were inadvertently
found in a city-owned right-of-way
during the construction of a residence.
The legally authorized excavation was
conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc.
under the direction of Homer Thiel.
When the excavations were concluded,
the archeological collections were
brought to ASM and assigned an
accession number. No known
individuals were identified. The 13
associated funerary objects are 1
hematite fragment and 12 pieces of
chipped stone. The Barrio Libre site is
part of an area of known protohistoric
and historical occupation of people of
O’odham, Apache, and/or Hispanic
descent. Based on the site dates, the
human remains likely date to the early
historical period (A.D. 1600–1800). The
flexed position of the human remains,
absence of any indications of a
container, and the presence of hematite
are consistent with a prehistoric or early
historical period Native American
burial.
In 1973, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed by a boy from an unrecorded
site, AZ BB:9:—Catalina vicinity, in
Pima County, AZ. In 1987, the boy
reburied the remains in a wooden box.
In 1991, the box was re-exposed and the
discovery was reported to the Pima
County Sheriff’s Office. A note found in
the box described the original discovery
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16230; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Department of Anthropology, Amherst, MA; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of
Anthropology has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2014. This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request to the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the University of Massachusetts Amherst,
Department of Anthropology at the address in this notice by October 10,
2014.
ADDRESSES: Julie Woods, Repatriation Coordinator, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology, 215 Machmer Hall,
240 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003, telephone (413) 545-2702, email
repat@anthro.umass.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology, Amherst, MA. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Gill,
Franklin County, MA, and Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014).
The associated funerary objects from the Casley-Stempel site in Gill,
MA, and human remains and associated funerary objects from the Bark
Wigwams Site, Northampton, MA, were mistakenly omitted from this Notice
of Inventory Completion. Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014),
paragraph 4, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following:
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
the towns of Westfield in Hampden County, MA; Easthampton,
Northampton, Hatfield, Hadley, North Hadley, and South Hadley in
Hampshire County, MA; Deerfield, Gill, and Greenfield in Franklin
County, MA; and Hardwick and Princeton, in Worcester County, MA.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014),
paragraph 16, sentences 9-11 are corrected by substituting the
following:
From the Casley-Stemple site, 4,190 associated funerary objects were
removed. The associated funerary objects include individual non-
lithic funerary objects and 849 lots of lithic artifacts. The non-
lithic artifacts include 1,870 pottery sherds, 506 unidentified
faunal bones, 838 pieces of charcoal, 5 unidentified seeds, 1 piece
of whiteware, 5 pieces of brick, 1 piece of glass, 3 pieces of
soapstone, 1 piece of iron, 5 sets of red ocher fragments, 14 pieces
of shell and 92 unidentified artifacts. The 849 lots of lithic
artifacts include a majority of flakes, fragments, and chipping
debris of various materials; partial and complete projectile points;
preforms and chunks of quartz and other materials; perforators; edge
tools; hammerstones; and cobbles.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014), after
paragraph 19, insert the following:
During a Field School in 1985, an inadvertent discovery of a
burial led to the excavation of two individuals at the Bark Wigwams
site, Northampton, Hampshire County, MA, by faculty and students of
the University of Massachusetts, Department of Anthropology, as
requested by the Massachusetts State Archaeologist. The individuals
were transferred to the Massachusetts Historical Commission and were
believed to be reinterred at an unknown date. Soil samples
containing bone and teeth fragments representing, at minimum, one
individual and associated funerary objects have remained at the
University. No known individuals were identified. From the Bark
Wigwams site 38 lots of associated funerary objects were removed,
including 5 lots of historic material (glass, metals, ceramics and
brick), 1 lot of charred nuts, 8 lots of lithic flakes, 5 lots of
stone tool fragments, 1 lot of rock, 3 lots of lithic debitage, 2
lots of projectile points, 3 lots of unidentified faunal bone, 1 lot
of unidentified charred bone, 1 lot of organic material, 4 lots of
soil samples and 4 lots of burial soil.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014),
paragraph 22 is corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this
notice represent the physical remains of 95 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27926-27928, May 14, 2014),
paragraph 23 is corrected by substituting the following:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 4,234 objects described in
this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Julie Woods, Repatriation Coordinator,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology, 215
Machmer Hall, 240 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003, telephone (413) 545-
2702, email repat@anthro.umass.edu, by October 10, 2014. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) may proceed.
[[Page 53771]]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Anthropology
is responsible for notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah);
and non-Federally recognized Indian groups, including Abenaki Nation of
Missisquoi, St. Francis/Sokoki Band, VT; Abenaki Nation of New
Hampshire; Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook--Abenaki People, NH; Elnu
Tribe of the Abenaki, VT; Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the
Koas Abenaki Nation, VT; Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign
Abenaki Nation, VT; Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation, VT; and
Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck and Nipmuc Nation, MA, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 16, 2014.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2014-21515 Filed 9-9-14; 8:45 am]
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