Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe, NM and Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 5855 [E9-2143]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 20 / Monday, February 2, 2009 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe, NM and Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: dwashington3 on PROD1PC60 with NOTICES 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 in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM, and in the possession of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human remains were removed from site BJ 74 (LA 38962), Sandoval 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Santa Fe National Forest and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. Between 1939 and 1949, human remains representing a minimum of seven individuals were removed from BJ 74 (LA 38962) in Sandoval County, NM, during legally authorized excavations undertaken by the University of New Mexico’s Archaeological Field School. Subsequent to the excavations, the human remains and other archeological materials were removed without notification to the Forest Service to Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, for analysis and preparation of a site excavation report. In the summer of 2007, Grinnell College had the human remains and artifacts delivered to the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, who promptly notified the Forest Service of the existence of the collection. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Site BJ 74 (LA 38962) has been identified as an early historic Puebloan habitation site based on ceramics, architecture, and site organization. The VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:03 Jan 30, 2009 Jkt 217001 site was occupied during the mid–16th century to the late 17th century A.D. Continuities of ethnographic materials, technologies, and architecture indicate the affiliation of this site with the present-day Pueblo of Jemez. Oral traditions of the Pueblo of Jemez support affiliation with early historic Puebloan sites in this area of northcentral New Mexico. Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest 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 the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842–3238, before March 4, 2009. Repatriation of the human remains to the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico that this notice has been published. Dated: January 5, 2009 Sherry Hutt, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. E9–2143 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–50–S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA and University of California, Santa Barbara, Repository of Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, Santa Barbara, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5855 (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object in the control of the U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, and in the physical custody of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections, Santa Barbara, CA. The human remains and associated funerary object were removed from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA. 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 object. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made for the Vandenberg Air Force Base through a contracting Physical Anthropologist with the Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, and in consultation with representatives of the Santa Ynez Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. In the early 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were collected from the surface of CA–SBA–209, located near Point Arguello on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA, by L. Spanne, as part of Air Force commissioned archeological reconnaissance work. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. A single radiocarbon date (7890 BP) from site CA–SBA–209, dates the human remains to within the Early Period. In the 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals were collected from the surface of CA–SBA–734, located in the Casmalia Hills in the northern part of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, CA, by L. Spanne and crew, during Air Force commissioned work. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on the excavated artifacts from the site, but that are not associated funerary objects, CA–SBA–734 has been dated to the Middle Period (A.D. 700– 900). In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of one individual were excavated from CA–SBA–210, located on the south side of Point Arguello on E:\FR\FM\02FEN1.SGM 02FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Forest Service, Santa Fe, NM and Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, 
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 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 in the control of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, 
Santa Fe, NM, and in the possession of the Maxwell Museum of 
Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human 
remains were removed from site BJ 74 (LA 38962), Sandoval 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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Santa Fe 
National Forest and the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico.
    Between 1939 and 1949, human remains representing a minimum of 
seven individuals were removed from BJ 74 (LA 38962) in Sandoval 
County, NM, during legally authorized excavations undertaken by the 
University of New Mexico's Archaeological Field School. Subsequent to 
the excavations, the human remains and other archeological materials 
were removed without notification to the Forest Service to Grinnell 
College, Grinnell, IA, for analysis and preparation of a site 
excavation report. In the summer of 2007, Grinnell College had the 
human remains and artifacts delivered to the Maxwell Museum of 
Anthropology, who promptly notified the Forest Service of the existence 
of the collection. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Site BJ 74 (LA 38962) has been identified as an early historic 
Puebloan habitation site based on ceramics, architecture, and site 
organization. The site was occupied during the mid-16th century to the 
late 17th century A.D. Continuities of ethnographic materials, 
technologies, and architecture indicate the affiliation of this site 
with the present-day Pueblo of Jemez. Oral traditions of the Pueblo of 
Jemez support affiliation with early historic Puebloan sites in this 
area of north-central New Mexico.
    Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Santa Fe National Forest 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 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National 
Forest 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 the Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator, Southwestern Region, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 333 Broadway Blvd. SE, 
Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-3238, before March 4, 2009. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico 
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe 
National Forest is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Jemez, New 
Mexico that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 5, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-2143 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]
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