Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 16840-16841 [05-6466]
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Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts,
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group).
In 1930, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Herring Weir site
(19-PL-249/250), Mattapoisett,
Plymouth County, MA, by Ralph
Metcalf. The site was located at the top
of a bank adjacent to a stream emptying
into Mattapoisett Bay. In 1945, Maurice
Robbins obtained the human remains
and donated them to the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology in
1950. No known individual was
identified. The 23 associated funerary
objects are 12 fragments of organic
materials, including matting, animal
skin, and an animal tooth; 4 copper
fragments; 4 animal bones; 2 pyrite
fragments; and 1 lot of bark fragments.
Other burials at the Herring Weir site
contained objects of Euroamerican
manufacture. Based on artifact
typologies, the Herring Weir Site is
dated to the Late Woodland/Early
Contact period (circa A.D. 1000-1650).
In 1945 and 1949, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from the
Taylor Hill site (19-BN-106), in
Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA, by
Howard Torrey and Ripley Bullen and
were donated to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology at an unknown
time. No known individuals were
identified. The eight associated funerary
objects are one harpoon point, two
mollusk shells, one deer-bone awl, two
lots of animal bones, one projectile
point, and one biface fragment.
Based on artifact characteristics and
radiocarbon dating, the Taylor Hill site
is dated to the Late Middle Woodland
to Late Woodland period (circa A.D.
500-1500). Deer bone that was
associated with the human remains
from the site has been dated to A.D.
976-1010 (calibrated).
In 1935, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Indian Cove Bluff site
(19-BN-104), in Wellfleet, Barnstable
County, MA, by Howard Torrey and
were donated to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology at an unknown
time. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present
Based on artifact characteristics and
radiocarbon dating, the Indian Cove
Bluff site is dated to the Late Middle
Woodland to Late Woodland periods
(circa A.D. 500-1500).
In 1915, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
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removed from the Corn Hill site
(19-BN-144/45), in Truro, Barnstable
County, MA, by Warren K. Moorehead
and Fred Luce. Shortly afterwards, Mr.
Luce donated the human remains to the
Haverhill Historical Society. In 1993,
the Haverhill Historical Society
transferred the human remains and
funerary objects to the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology. No
known individuals were identified. The
53 associated funerary objects are 1
metal blade, approximately 50 iron
fragments, 1 lot of soil stained with
ochre, and 1 lot of wood and bark
fragments stained with ochre.
Corn Hill is an historically
documented Contact period site
(post-A.D. 1500).
Increased frequency and longer-term
use of coastal areas by Native American
people in the outer Cape Cod and
Buzzards Bay, MA, area began in the
Middle Woodland period. This pattern
continued and intensified into the
Contact Period. With the formation of
highly productive and more stable
salt-marsh and estuary environments,
long-term occupation became a viable
settlement option. The locally focused,
year-round exploitation of this
environmental diversity first becomes
visible in late Middle Woodland sites
and continued to characterize
Wampanoag subsistence patterns and
apparent social organization throughout
the Late Woodland/Contact periods.
Concomitant with this evidence for
year-round occupation are mortuary
data that indicate a significantly
different pattern than that evident on
earlier sites in the same region.
Wampanoag descendents are today
represented by the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts,
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group).
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of seven individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 84
objects described above 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. Lastly, officials of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
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that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, and there
is a cultural relationship between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group).
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Malinda S. Blustain, Director,
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490, before May 2, 2005.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation
on behalf of the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts,
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group) may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
the Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group) that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 11, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05–6460 Filed 3–31–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
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possession of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The 25 cultural items are 21 copper
beads and 2 brass beads strung on
cordage, 1 whale bone spoon, and 1 clay
pipe fragment.
At an unknown date, a string of 21
copper and 2 brass beads was collected
from the Swansea Burial site during
excavations undertaken by Maurice
Robbins. The site is located in Swansea,
Bristol County, MA. In 1941, Mr.
Robbins donated the beads to the Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology.
Based on the funerary objects present
at the site, the Swansea Burial site is
considered to date to the postcontact
period (post-A.D. 1500). Based on
geographical, archeological,
ethnographic, and historical evidence, a
clear relationship of shared group
identity can be demonstrated between
the Swansea Burial site and the
Wampanoag, who are today represented
by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group), and Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group).
In 1955, human remains representing
two individuals were removed from the
Slocum River site in Dartmouth, Bristol
County, MA, by Douglas S. Byers and
Frederick Johnson under the auspices of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology. The human remains were
transferred to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, in 1956.
One whale bone spoon and a clay pipe
fragment that were associated with these
individuals are in the possession of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology.
Based on artifact typology, the
Slocum River site is dated to the Late
Woodland/Early Contact period
(post-A.D. 1500).
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology included the two
individuals from the Slocum River site
in a notice of inventory completion
published in the Federal Register on
August 14, 2003 (FR Doc. 03-20754,
pages 48626-48634). The human
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remains were repatriated to the
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation
on behalf of the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts,
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group) on December
4, 2003.
The material culture of Native
American settlements dating from the
Middle Woodland period through the
Historic period in southeastern
Massachusetts in the area between
Buzzards Bay and Narragansett Bay,
where the Slocum River site and the
Swansea Burial site are located, display
many similar traits. Cultural continuity
is reflected in settlement and
subsistence patterns, material culture,
and burial practices. While patterns and
practices have changed over time, it is
clear that the changes occurred within
the original culture and were not results
of migration of new groups. The
Wampanoag people developed out of
these earlier cultures. The Wampanoag
are today represented by the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group), and Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group).
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the 25 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, and there
is a cultural relationship between the
unassociated funerary objects and the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group)
and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group).
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Malinda S.
Blustain, Director, Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
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Academy, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490, before May 2,
2005. Repatriation of the unassociated
funerary objects to the Wampanoag
Repatriation Confederation on behalf of
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally
recognized Indian group), and Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group)
may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
the Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts,
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group),
and Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 11, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05–6466 Filed 3–31–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 an
associated funerary object in the
possession of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA. The associated
funerary object was removed from
McCurtain County, OK.
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 associated funerary object.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
A detailed assessment of the
associated funerary object was made by
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
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possession of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The 25 cultural items are 21 copper beads and 2 brass beads strung
on cordage, 1 whale bone spoon, and 1 clay pipe fragment.
At an unknown date, a string of 21 copper and 2 brass beads was
collected from the Swansea Burial site during excavations undertaken by
Maurice Robbins. The site is located in Swansea, Bristol County, MA. In
1941, Mr. Robbins donated the beads to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology.
Based on the funerary objects present at the site, the Swansea
Burial site is considered to date to the postcontact period
(post[macr]A.D. 1500). Based on geographical, archeological,
ethnographic, and historical evidence, a clear relationship of shared
group identity can be demonstrated between the Swansea Burial site and
the Wampanoag, who are today represented by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group), and Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized Indian group).
In 1955, human remains representing two individuals were removed
from the Slocum River site in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA, by Douglas
S. Byers and Frederick Johnson under the auspices of the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology. The human remains were transferred to
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, in 1956. One whale bone spoon and a clay pipe fragment
that were associated with these individuals are in the possession of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology.
Based on artifact typology, the Slocum River site is dated to the
Late Woodland/Early Contact period (post[macr]A.D. 1500).
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology included the two
individuals from the Slocum River site in a notice of inventory
completion published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2003 (FR
Doc. 03[macr]20754, pages 48626[macr]48634). The human remains were
repatriated to the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation on behalf of
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally recognized Indian group), and the
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized Indian
group) on December 4, 2003.
The material culture of Native American settlements dating from the
Middle Woodland period through the Historic period in southeastern
Massachusetts in the area between Buzzards Bay and Narragansett Bay,
where the Slocum River site and the Swansea Burial site are located,
display many similar traits. Cultural continuity is reflected in
settlement and subsistence patterns, material culture, and burial
practices. While patterns and practices have changed over time, it is
clear that the changes occurred within the original culture and were
not results of migration of new groups. The Wampanoag people developed
out of these earlier cultures. The Wampanoag are today represented by
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally recognized Indian group), and Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized Indian group).
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), the 25 cultural
items described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of
the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a
Native American individual. Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum
of Archaeology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary objects and the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, and there is a
cultural relationship between the unassociated funerary objects and the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally recognized Indian group) and
the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized
Indian group).
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the unassociated funerary objects should
contact Malinda S. Blustain, Director, Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-
4490, before May 2, 2005. Repatriation of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation on behalf of the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (a nonfederally recognized Indian group), and Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized Indian group)
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (a
nonfederally recognized Indian group), and Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a nonfederally recognized Indian group) that this
notice has been published.
Dated: February 11, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-6466 Filed 3-31-05; 8:45 am]
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