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place name of Etowah to the Muscogee
language.
Between 1927 and 1928, human
remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from the
Little Egypt site in Murray County, GA,
by Warren King Moorehead of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology. The Little Egypt site is 5
hectares and contains two or three
platform mounds, which were utilized
through the mid–16th century. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Little Egypt site is located at the
eastern edge of the Coosa chiefdom
where the Coosawattee River enters the
Great Valley. The name Coosa applies to
the core town, local province, and
extended region, and was the most
politically important chiefdom in
southeastern North America in the
1500s during the time of occupation of
the Little Egypt site [Hally et. al., 1989
]. The oral tradition of Muscogee
speakers recognizes two ancestral
mother towns, Tukabatchee and Coosa,
and particular individuals in present
day Creek communities identify
themselves as descendants of the
mother towns. Muscogee oral tradition
and historic documents indicate the
area in and around Little Egypt as the
paramount chiefdom of Coosa, home to
the chief and the core town. Although
it cannot be definitively stated that
Little Egypt was the core town, size and
other attributes single it out as an
important site in the Coosa political
landscape.
The decline in archeological evidence
of settlements, including public works
and burial goods, in the Coosa area in
the early 17th century suggests
population decline and movement,
perhaps the result of disease. The
increase in settlements and the rise of a
brushed pottery style that appears to be
the melding of several Creek styles
suggests that the inhabitants of 16th and
early 17th century communities in the
Coosa River drainage, as well as those
along the Coosawatte and Etowah rivers,
including the inhabitants at the Little
Egypt site, probably moved southwest to
the Lower Coosa River during the late
17th century [Smith, 1987]. Historic
documentation indicates that Muscogee
speakers were living along the Lower
Coosa River at the turn of the 18th
century and were likely the descendants
of the inhabitants of the Little Egypt
site.
Present-day Creek communities are
the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
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Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
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 104 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
21,468 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
a 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 that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Victoria Cranner, Senior
Collections Manager, Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490 before
October 13, 2005. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; and Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United
Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: August 4, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
School of American Research, Santa
Fe, NM
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 human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the School of
American Research, Santa Fe, NM. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Santa Fe
County, NM.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the School of
American Research professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Between 1970 and 1974, human
remains representing a minimum of 283
individuals were removed from the
Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site (LA 12),
Santa Fe County, NM, during
archeological investigations led by Dr.
Douglas Schwartz, School of American
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Research staff. The excavations were
funded primarily through grants from
the National Science Foundation and
the National Geographic Society. The
site was originally owned by the School
of American Research and donated to
the Archaeological Conservancy in
February 2003. The collection from the
project, including 120 burials and 163
isolated human remains, are cared for at
the School of American Research,
except for 425 tree ring samples kept at
the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. No
known individuals were identified. The
217 lots of associated funerary objects
are 6 groups of beads, 20 groups of
pottery sherds or ceramic items, 75
deteriorated remains of textiles and/or
hides, 6 groups of bark fragments, 39
yucca-fiber mats, 9 lots of faunal bone
artifacts, 7 lots of corncobs, 21 groups of
lithics, 10 groups of wooden objects
fragments, 3 basket fragment groups, 6
lots of vegetal material, 2 lots of
combined yucca mats and textiles/
hides, 1 lot of combined corncob and
wood ornament, 1 lot of combined
corncob and basketry fragment, and 11
groups of unidentifiable organic
materials.
The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site was
founded circa A.D. 1300. Adobe
roomblocks were built forming great
plazas. By A.D. 1330, the Arroyo Hondo
Pueblo site had 24 roomblocks
constructed around ten wholly or
partially enclosed plazas. By A.D. 1345,
possibly due to changes in the annual
precipitation, the pueblo was virtually
abandoned, occupied by a small
remnant and possibly seasonal
population. This phase of settlement is
referred to as the Component I
occupation of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
site. In the 1370s, building on top of the
ruins of the site, another phase of
settlement began, which is referred to as
Component II. Soon after A.D. 1410, the
region was again affected by drought
and the site was largely abandoned. In
circa A.D. 1420, a fire destroyed a large
part of the village, and within a few
years the second and final occupation of
the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site came to
an end.
The site is within the northern Rio
Grande area and located near the pueblo
sites of Pecos, San Cristobal, and Pindi.
However, no oral traditions affiliate one
specific Pueblo with the Arroyo Hondo
Pueblo site. Physical anthropolgy,
archeological investigations, and
architecture indicate it was a northern
Rio Grande Pueblo site, which
potentially links the site to all
contemporary Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi
groups.
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Extensive literature published by the
School of American Research Press in
eight separate volumes on the Arroyo
Hondo Pueblo site, and in Ann M.
Palkovich’s Pueblo Population and
Society: The Arroyo Hondo Skeletal and
Mortuary Remains, James Mackey in
Appendix G, ‘‘Arroyo Hondo Population
Affinities’’, affiliates the Arroyo Hondo
site with the Tewa-Tano linguistic
group based on statistical analysis of
measurable features of the human
remains compared with other
contemporary populations. While the
biological studies possibly indicate a
Tewa-Tano linguistic group, it is
certainly possible that the Arroyo
Hondo Pueblo site, which is within the
larger Rio Grande Pueblo tradition and
the population movements after the
occupation dates, may be linked to any
or all of the contemporary Pueblo and
Tewa-Hopi groups with whom the
School of American Research consulted.
The pottery and other material goods
reflect a northern Rio Grande tradition.
The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site is a Rio
Grande Pueblo site due to the nature of
its construction and use of plaza spaces
and kivas. Similarities can be seen
between the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site
and other contemporary sites in the
northern Rio Grande.
Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi groups are
represented today by the federally
recognized Hopi Tribe of Arizona;
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 San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the School of American
Research have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 283
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the School of
American Research also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 217 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 School
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of American Research 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 Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Kathleen Whitaker, School
of American Research, PO BOX 2188,
Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505)
954–7205, before October 13, 2005.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
School of American Research is
responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
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Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Museum of Anthropology, Columbia,
MO
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 human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Missouri-Columbia, Museum of
Anthropology, Columbia, MO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Vernon
County, MO.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Missouri-Columbia, Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with the Osage Tribe,
Oklahoma.
In 1963, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from the Hayes/Coal Pit site
(23VE4), Vernon County, MO, during
excavations conducted by University of
Missouri-Columbia professional staff
and supervised field school students.
Other excavations at the site did not
produce any evidence of human
remains or burial areas. No known
individuals were identified. The seven
associated funerary objects are 3 silver
ear bobs/tinklers, 3 small silver band
fragments, and 1 small soil sample.
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Based on oral tradition, types of
associated funerary objects, and
historical documents this individual has
been determined to be Native American.
The Hayes/Coal Pit site has been
identified as a Little Osage village with
occupation approximately A.D. 1675 to
A.D. 1806. Little Osage village is a
village site of the Little Osage tribe
based on the presence of trade objects,
historical documents, oral tradition, and
archeological evidence. Members of the
federally recognized Osage Tribe,
Oklahoma are the present-day
descendants of the Little Osage tribe.
Officials of the University of
Missouri-Columbia, Museum of
Anthropology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the University of MissouriColumbia, Museum of Anthropology
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the seven 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
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Museum of Anthropology 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 Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Osage Tribe, Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Dr. Michael O’Brien, Director,
Museum of Anthropology, 317 Lowry
Hall, University of Missouri-Columbia,
Columbia, MO 65211, telephone (573)
882–4421, before October 13, 2005.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Osage
Tribe, Oklahoma may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come
forward.
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Museum of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Osage Tribe, Oklahoma
that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Missouri-Columbia,
Museum of Anthropology, Columbia,
MO
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 human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the University of
Missouri-Columbia, Museum of
Anthropology, Columbia, MO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Vernon
County, MO.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the University of
Missouri-Columbia, Museum of
Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with the Osage Tribe,
Oklahoma.
In 1963, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from the Brown site (23VE3),
Vernon County, MO, during excavations
conducted by University of MissouriColumbia professional staff and
supervised field school students. Other
excavations at the site did not produce
any evidence of human remains or
burial areas. No known individuals
were identified. The 237 associated
funerary objects are identified as 200
faunal bones, 3 pottery fragments, 1
brass tinkler, 2 glass fragments, 14 metal
fragments that include kettle parts, 1
brass trigger guard, 1 iron screw, 2 glass
beads, 4 sandstone abraders (2 conical),
1 hematite fragment, and 8 chert
scrapers/modified spalls.
The analysis sheet lists the following
artifacts associated with this
provenience and catalog number that to
date have not been located: 1 deer antler
tool, 2 arrow point fragments or gun
flints, 1 scraper, 1 sandstone mold, and
4 pieces of debitage (4 flakes).
Based on oral tradition, types of
associated funerary objects, and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: School of American Research,
Santa Fe, NM
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. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the School of American Research, Santa Fe,
NM. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Santa Fe County, NM.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the School
of American Research professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Between 1970 and 1974, human remains representing a minimum of 283
individuals were removed from the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site (LA 12),
Santa Fe County, NM, during archeological investigations led by Dr.
Douglas Schwartz, School of American
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Research staff. The excavations were funded primarily through grants
from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic
Society. The site was originally owned by the School of American
Research and donated to the Archaeological Conservancy in February
2003. The collection from the project, including 120 burials and 163
isolated human remains, are cared for at the School of American
Research, except for 425 tree ring samples kept at the Laboratory of
Tree Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. No known
individuals were identified. The 217 lots of associated funerary
objects are 6 groups of beads, 20 groups of pottery sherds or ceramic
items, 75 deteriorated remains of textiles and/or hides, 6 groups of
bark fragments, 39 yucca-fiber mats, 9 lots of faunal bone artifacts, 7
lots of corncobs, 21 groups of lithics, 10 groups of wooden objects
fragments, 3 basket fragment groups, 6 lots of vegetal material, 2 lots
of combined yucca mats and textiles/hides, 1 lot of combined corncob
and wood ornament, 1 lot of combined corncob and basketry fragment, and
11 groups of unidentifiable organic materials.
The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site was founded circa A.D. 1300. Adobe
roomblocks were built forming great plazas. By A.D. 1330, the Arroyo
Hondo Pueblo site had 24 roomblocks constructed around ten wholly or
partially enclosed plazas. By A.D. 1345, possibly due to changes in the
annual precipitation, the pueblo was virtually abandoned, occupied by a
small remnant and possibly seasonal population. This phase of
settlement is referred to as the Component I occupation of Arroyo Hondo
Pueblo site. In the 1370s, building on top of the ruins of the site,
another phase of settlement began, which is referred to as Component
II. Soon after A.D. 1410, the region was again affected by drought and
the site was largely abandoned. In circa A.D. 1420, a fire destroyed a
large part of the village, and within a few years the second and final
occupation of the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site came to an end.
The site is within the northern Rio Grande area and located near
the pueblo sites of Pecos, San Cristobal, and Pindi. However, no oral
traditions affiliate one specific Pueblo with the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
site. Physical anthropolgy, archeological investigations, and
architecture indicate it was a northern Rio Grande Pueblo site, which
potentially links the site to all contemporary Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi
groups.
Extensive literature published by the School of American Research
Press in eight separate volumes on the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site, and in
Ann M. Palkovich's Pueblo Population and Society: The Arroyo Hondo
Skeletal and Mortuary Remains, James Mackey in Appendix G, ``Arroyo
Hondo Population Affinities'', affiliates the Arroyo Hondo site with
the Tewa-Tano linguistic group based on statistical analysis of
measurable features of the human remains compared with other
contemporary populations. While the biological studies possibly
indicate a Tewa-Tano linguistic group, it is certainly possible that
the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site, which is within the larger Rio Grande
Pueblo tradition and the population movements after the occupation
dates, may be linked to any or all of the contemporary Pueblo and Tewa-
Hopi groups with whom the School of American Research consulted.
The pottery and other material goods reflect a northern Rio Grande
tradition. The Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site is a Rio Grande Pueblo site due
to the nature of its construction and use of plaza spaces and kivas.
Similarities can be seen between the Arroyo Hondo Pueblo site and other
contemporary sites in the northern Rio Grande.
Pueblo and Tewa-Hopi groups are represented today by the federally
recognized Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo
Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the School of American Research have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 283 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the School of American Research also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 217 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 School of American
Research 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 Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Kathleen Whitaker, School of American
Research, PO BOX 2188, Santa Fe, NM 87504, telephone (505) 954-7205,
before October 13, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 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 San Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
School of American Research is responsible for notifying the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; 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 San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
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Santo Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-18082 Filed 9-12-05; 8:45 am]
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