Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 14064-14067 [2011-5888]
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based on the morphology of one tooth,
as well as the associated funerary
objects and the archeological context.
29LE1 has been identified as Jornada
Mogollon. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were found
in the museum collection on November
6, 2007, during an inventory/
computerization project.
In 1960, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from 29OT3 (Hatchet Site),
Tularosa Basin, Otero County, NM, by
Eugene McCluney. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The remains are Native American
based on the archeological site context.
29OT3 has been identified as Jornada
Mogollon. McCluney excavated the
remains as a part of his graduate work
at the University of Colorado. The
remains were transferred to the museum
in 1960.
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Determinations Made by the University
of Colorado Museum
Officials of the University of Colorado
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• According to Indian Land Claims
Commission decisions, as well as oral
tradition, Catron, Grant, Lea, and Otero
Counties, NM, are within the aboriginal
land of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma and the Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico.
• Based on oral tradition, Catron,
Grant, Lea, and Otero Counties, NM, are
within the aboriginal land of the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
• Based on oral tradition of the San
Carlos Apache of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona, Catron, Grant,
Lea, and Otero Counties, NM, were
aboriginal gathering places for them, but
these counties are the aboriginal land of
the Chiricahua (Fort Sill Apache Tribe
of Oklahoma and the Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico).
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of five
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the six 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects is to the
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects or any other
Indian tribe that believes it satisfies the
criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Steve Lekson, Curator of
Anthropology, University of Colorado
Museum, in care of Jan Bernstein,
NAGPRA Consultant, Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver,
CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648,
before April 14, 2011. Disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The University of Colorado Museum
is responsible for notifying the Fort Sill
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico; San Carlos Apache of the
San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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
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remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Washington, DC, and in the physical
custody of the Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from sites within
the boundaries of the Fort Apache
Indian Reservation, Gila and Navajo
Counties, AZ.
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 Arizona State
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
In 1979, fragmentary human remains
representing a minimum of 18
individuals were removed from the
Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally
authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School under the direction of
Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by
Hinkes describes the presence of at least
45 unauthorized excavation pits at this
site. The human remains were collected
from these pits or adjacent backdirt
piles. There is no record in Arizona
State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains.
However, the collection likely entered
the museum in the same year as other
collections from the summer field
school. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Hilltop Ruin is a pueblo site of
75 to 100 rooms. The ceramic types
indicate that the village was occupied
during the period A.D. 1300 to 1400.
These characteristics are consistent with
the archeologically described Upland
Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains
representing a minimum of 106
individuals were removed from the
Brush Mountain Pueblo Site, AZ
P:14:13(ASM), Navajo County, AZ,
during a legally authorized survey
conducted by the University of Arizona
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Archaeological Field School under the
direction of Madeleine Hinkes. A report
prepared by Hinkes describes the
presence of 65 unauthorized excavation
pits at this site. The human remains
were collected from these pits.
There is no record in Arizona State
Museum files regarding the accession of
these human remains. However, the
collection likely entered the museum in
the same year as other collections from
the summer field school. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one
ceramic sherd and one turquoise
fragment.
The Brush Mountain Pueblo site
contains about 150 rooms. The ceramic
types indicate that the village was
occupied during the period A.D. 1300 to
1400. These characteristics are
consistent with the archeologically
described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of eight
individuals were removed from the
Martinez Ranch Site, AZ P:14:17(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ. The site card was
filed in the summer of 1965, during the
University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School, and it is possible that the
human remains were removed during
this survey of the site. There is no
record in Arizona State Museum files
regarding the accession of these human
remains, although the label on the box
in which the human remains were
found is dated 1983. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Martinez Ranch Site contains the
remains of a building with one to four
rooms. Ceramics found on the surface
indicate that the site dates to the
Puebloan period, approximately A.D.
900 to 1400.
During the years 1976 to 1989, legally
authorized excavations were conducted
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at the site of Chiwodistas, AZ
P:14:24(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by
the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the
direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human
burials were intentionally excavated
during this project. Archeological
collections from the site were brought to
the museum at the end of each field
season, but no accession number was
assigned to them. In 2009 and 2010,
Arizona State Museum staff found
fragmentary human remains
representing a minimum of 16
individuals intermingled with animal
bone collections from this site. The
animal bones are not considered to be
associated funerary objects. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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The Chiwodistas site is a small pueblo
of about 20 rooms arranged around a
plaza. Based on ceramic styles, the site
has been dated to the period from A.D.
1263 to 1295. The ceramic and
architectural forms are consistent with
the archeologically described Upland
Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains
representing a minimum of seven
individuals were removed from the
Pinnacle Site, AZ P:14:71(ASM), Navajo
County, AZ, during a legally authorized
survey conducted by the University of
Arizona Archaeological Field School
under the direction of Madeleine
Hinkes. A report prepared by Hinkes
describes the presence of five
unauthorized excavation pits at this site.
The human remains were collected from
these pits or elsewhere downslope.
There is no record in Arizona State
Museum files regarding the accession of
these human remains. However, the
collection likely entered the museum in
the same year as other collections from
the summer field school. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Pinnacle Site contains a pueblo of
about 10 rooms. It is dated to the period
from A.D. 1275 to 1400 on the basis of
the ceramic assemblage. The ceramic
and architectural forms are consistent
with the archeologically described
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western
Pueblo traditions.
In 1978, legally authorized
excavations were conducted at site AZ
P:14:176(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by
the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the
direction of Brian Byrd. No human
burials were intentionally excavated
during this project. Archeological
collections from the site were brought to
the museum at the end of each field
season, but no accession number was
assigned. In 2009 and 2010, Arizona
State Museum staff found fragmentary
human remains representing a
minimum of two individuals
intermingled with animal bone
collections from this site. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site AZ P:14:176 is a small pithouse
site located in the vicinity of
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Chiwodistas. Based on the ceramic
assemblage and architectural forms, the
site has been dated to the early
Mogollon period, approximately A.D.
500 to 1000. These characteristics are
consistent with the archeologically
described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains
representing a minimum of 74
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individuals were removed from an
unnamed site, AZ P:14:281(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally
authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological
Field School under the direction of
Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by
Hinkes describes the presence of at least
70 unauthorized excavation pits at this
site. The human remains were collected
from these pits or adjacent backdirt
piles. There is no record in Arizona
State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains.
However, the collection likely entered
the museum in the same year as other
collections from the summer field
school. No known individuals were
identified. The three associated funerary
objects are two modified animal bones
and one bone bead.
Site AZ P:14:281 contains a pueblo of
about 31 rooms with additional stone
alignments. Based on the ceramic
assemblage, the site is dated to the
period from A.D. 1275 to 1400. The
ceramic and the architectural forms are
consistent with the archeologically
described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1929, human remains representing
six individuals were removed from
Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ
V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ, during
legally authorized excavations
conducted by the Gila Pueblo
Foundation, under the direction of Emil
Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo
Foundation closed and the collections
were transferred to the Arizona State
Museum. No known individuals were
identified. The 69 associated funerary
objects are 1 basketry artifact, 9 pieces
of botanical material, 1 piece of cotton
roving, 2 cradleboards, 1 gourd bottle, 1
gourd dipper, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair
bundle, 3 ceramic bowls, 1 cotton
manta, 1 basketry bowl, 1 basketry mat,
7 basketry mat fragments, 1 basketry
tump strap, 1 reed-grass bundle, 2
sandals, 1 wood spindle, 2 cotton
spindle sticks, 27 textile fragments, 1
torch, 1 yucca fiber apron, 1 yucca fiber
quid, and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn.
In 1979, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ
C:2:8(GP)/AZ V:2:1(ASM), Gila County,
AZ, during a legally authorized survey
conducted by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the
direction of Madeleine Hinkes. The
purpose of this project was to survey
vandalism at Canyon Creek Ruin and
other sites in the vicinity and to recover
human remains that had been disturbed
by unauthorized excavations. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
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Canyon Creek Ruin is a cliff dwelling
site of approximately 140 rooms. Based
on ceramic and perishable artifact
assemblage, the site is dated to A.D.
1300 to 1400. The ceramic and the
architectural forms are consistent with
the archeologically described Upland
Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
In 1980, a collection survey was
conducted at the Hole Canyon Ruin
Site, AZ V:2:5(ASM), in Gila County,
AZ, under the auspices of the University
of Arizona Archaeological Field School
under the direction of David Tuggle. No
human burials were intentionally
excavated during this project.
Archeological collections from the site
were brought to the museum at the end
of each field season, but no accession
number was assigned. In 2007, Arizona
State Museum staff found fragmentary
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual
intermingled with the perishable items
collections from this site. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Hole Canyon Ruin is a cliff dwelling
with approximately 19 rooms. Based on
the ceramic assemblage, the site may be
dated to the period A.D. 1300 to 1400.
The ceramic and the architectural forms
are consistent with the archeologically
described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1969, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM),
Gila County, AZ, during legally
authorized salvage activities conducted
by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the
direction of David Tuggle. The site had
previously been extensively vandalized,
and the objective of the University of
Arizona archeologists was to recover
human remains that had been disturbed.
Archeological collections from the site
were brought to the museum at the end
of each field season, but no accession
number was assigned. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site AZ V:2:12 consists of a small
pueblo of about 10 to 20 rooms and is
associated with late Puebloan ceramics.
On this basis, the site may be dated to
A.D. 1275 to 1400. These characteristics
are consistent with the archeologically
described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
A detailed discussion of the basis for
cultural affiliation of archeological sites
in the region where the above sites are
located may be found in ‘‘Cultural
Affiliation Assessment of White
Mountain Apache Tribal Lands (Fort
Apache Indian Reservation)’’, by John R.
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Welch and T.J. Ferguson (2005). To
summarize, archeologists have used the
terms Upland Mogollon or prehistoric
Western Pueblo to define the
archeological complexes represented by
the 10 sites listed above. Material
culture characteristics of these
traditions include a temporal
progression from earlier pit houses to
later masonry pueblos, villages
organized in room blocks of contiguous
dwellings associated with plazas,
rectangular kivas, polished and paintdecorated ceramics, unpainted
corrugated ceramics, inhumation
burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and
bone artifacts. The combination of the
material culture attributes and a
subsistence pattern, which included
hunting and gathering augmented by
maize agriculture, helps to identify an
earlier group. Archeologists have also
remarked that there are strong
similarities between this earlier group
and present-day tribes included in the
Western Pueblo ethnographic group,
especially the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico. The
similarities in ceramic traditions, burial
practices, architectural forms, and
settlement patterns have led
archeologists to believe that the
prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon
Rim region migrated north and west to
the Hopi mesas, and north and east to
the Zuni River Valley. Certain objects
found in Upland Mogollon
archeological sites have been found to
have strong resemblances to ritual
paraphernalia that are used in
continuing religious practices by the
Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on
the Fort Apache Indian Reservation
have also persuaded archeologists of
continuities between the earlier
identified group and current-day
Western Pueblo people. Biological
information from the site of
Grasshopper Pueblo, which is located in
close proximity to the ten sites listed
above, supports the view that the
prehistoric occupants of the Upland
Mogollon region had migrated from
various locations to the north and west
of the region.
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel
the archeological evidence for
migration. Migration figures
prominently in Hopi oral tradition,
which refers to the ancient sites,
pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs, and
other artifacts left behind by the
ancestors as ‘‘Hopi Footprints.’’ This
migration history is complex and
detailed, and includes traditions
relating specific clans to the Mogollon
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region. Hopi cultural advisors have also
identified medicinal and culinary plants
at archeological sites in the region.
Their knowledge about these plants was
passed down to them from the ancestors
who inhabited these ancient sites.
Migration is also an important attribute
of Zuni oral tradition, and includes
accounts of Zuni ancestors passing
through the Upland Mogollon region.
The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors
remark that the ancient sites were not
abandoned. People returned to these
places from time to time, either to
reoccupy them or for the purpose of
religious pilgrimages—a practice that
has continued to the present-day.
Archeologists have found ceramic
evidence at shrines in the Upland
Mogollon region that confirms these
reports. Zuni cultural advisors have
names for plants endemic to the
Mogollon region that do not grow on the
Zuni Reservation. They also have
knowledge about traditional medicinal
and ceremonial uses for these resources,
which has been passed down to them
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi
and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may
have been co-resident at some of the
sites in this region during their ancestral
migrations.
There are differing points of view
regarding the possible presence of
Apache people in the Upland Mogollon
region during the time that these ancient
sites were occupied. Some Apache
traditions describe interactions with
Ancestral Puebloan people during this
time, but according to these stories,
Puebloan people and Apache people
were regarded as having separate
identities. The White Mountain Apache
Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona, does not claim cultural
affiliation with the human remains and
associated funerary objects from these
10 ancestral Upland Mogollon sites. As
reported by Welch and Ferguson (2005),
consultations between the White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico &
Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
and Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico,
have indicated that none of these tribes
wish to pursue claims of affiliation with
sites on White Mountain Apache Tribal
lands. Finally, the White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, supports the
repatriation of human remains and
associated funerary objects from these
10 ancestral Upland Mogollon sites and
is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
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Reservation, New Mexico, in their
reburial on tribal land.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(9), that the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 241 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona
State Museum also have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that
the 74 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs
and Arizona State Museum have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(2), that 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 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 John McClelland, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
85721, telephone (520) 626–2950, before
April 14, 2011. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico, may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Department of Anthropology, Amherst,
MA and Nantucket Historical
Association, Nantucket, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary object
in the possession of the University of
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, Amherst, MA, and the
Nantucket Historical Association,
Nantucket, MA. The human remains
and associated funerary object were
removed from the Marshall Site,
Nantucket 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 object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by University of
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation,
representing the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe, Massachusetts; Wampanoag Tribe
of Gay Head (Aquinnah) of
Massachusetts; and the Assonet Band of
the Wampanoag Nation, Massachusetts,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group.
In 1966, human remains representing
a minimum of three individuals were
removed from the Marshall Site,
Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA,
during an archeological field school
conducted by Professor William
Harrison of the University of
Massachusetts. It is believed that the
two grave shafts were originally one
multiple interment that was disturbed
by the repeated digging of shallow fire
pits. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a pottery vessel. In 1989, the
vessel was transferred to the Nantucket
Historical Association for permanent
curation and is no longer in the control
of the University of Massachusetts,
Department of Anthropology, instead it
is in the control of the Nantucket
Historical Association.
Based on excavation records,
condition of the human remains, the
associated funerary object and burial
methods, the individuals have been
identified as Native American. Material
culture and site features indicate that
the Marshall Site was utilized for shortterm, sporadic occupations from the late
Archaic/early Woodland period into the
19th century. The human remains most
likely date to the late Woodland Period
or later (post-A.D. 1000).
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Ethnohistoric documents, including
European colonial maps, missionary
accounts and Wampanoag oral history,
indicate that the Wampanoag people
and their allies, through marriage and
war pacts (e.g. 1675 King Phillip’s War),
were occupants of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island at the time of contact and
European colonization. Wampanoag oral
history indicates a maintained, longterm occupation of the region to which
can be traced a common ancestry to a
‘‘first Mother,’’ predating the
colonization of the area including the
Marshall Site. The present-day Indian
tribes and group that are most closely
affiliated with members of the
Wampanoag Nation are the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe, Massachusetts;
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) of Massachusetts; and the
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation, Massachusetts, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group.
Officials of the University of
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the University of
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, and Nantucket Historical
Association also have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that
the one object described above is
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
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, and Nantucket Historical
Association have determined, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that there is a
relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and the associated funerary object and
the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe,
Massachusetts; Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah) of Massachusetts;
and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation, Massachusetts, a
non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact either Robert Paynter,
Repatriation Committee Chair,
telephone (413) 545–2221, or Rae
Gould, Repatriation Coordinator,
telephone (413) 545–2702, University of
Massachusetts, Department of
Anthropology, 201 Machmer Hall, 240
Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003, and
any representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the
Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from sites within
the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Gila and Navajo
Counties, AZ.
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 Arizona
State Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico (hereinafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
In 1979, fragmentary human remains representing a minimum of 18
individuals were removed from the Hilltop Ruin Site, AZ P:14:12(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School under the direction
of Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by Hinkes describes the presence
of at least 45 unauthorized excavation pits at this site. The human
remains were collected from these pits or adjacent backdirt piles.
There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains. However, the collection likely
entered the museum in the same year as other collections from the
summer field school. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Hilltop Ruin is a pueblo site of 75 to 100 rooms. The ceramic
types indicate that the village was occupied during the period A.D.
1300 to 1400. These characteristics are consistent with the
archeologically described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains representing a minimum of 106
individuals were removed from the Brush Mountain Pueblo Site, AZ
P:14:13(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey
conducted by the University of Arizona
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Archaeological Field School under the direction of Madeleine Hinkes. A
report prepared by Hinkes describes the presence of 65 unauthorized
excavation pits at this site. The human remains were collected from
these pits.
There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains. However, the collection likely
entered the museum in the same year as other collections from the
summer field school. No known individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one ceramic sherd and one turquoise
fragment.
The Brush Mountain Pueblo site contains about 150 rooms. The
ceramic types indicate that the village was occupied during the period
A.D. 1300 to 1400. These characteristics are consistent with the
archeologically described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of eight
individuals were removed from the Martinez Ranch Site, AZ P:14:17(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ. The site card was filed in the summer of 1965,
during the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School, and it is
possible that the human remains were removed during this survey of the
site. There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains, although the label on the box in
which the human remains were found is dated 1983. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The Martinez Ranch Site contains the remains of a building with one
to four rooms. Ceramics found on the surface indicate that the site
dates to the Puebloan period, approximately A.D. 900 to 1400.
During the years 1976 to 1989, legally authorized excavations were
conducted at the site of Chiwodist[aacute]s, AZ P:14:24(ASM), Navajo
County, AZ, by the University of Arizona Archaeological Field School
under the direction of J. Jefferson Reid. No human burials were
intentionally excavated during this project. Archeological collections
from the site were brought to the museum at the end of each field
season, but no accession number was assigned to them. In 2009 and 2010,
Arizona State Museum staff found fragmentary human remains representing
a minimum of 16 individuals intermingled with animal bone collections
from this site. The animal bones are not considered to be associated
funerary objects. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The Chiwodist[aacute]s site is a small pueblo of about 20 rooms
arranged around a plaza. Based on ceramic styles, the site has been
dated to the period from A.D. 1263 to 1295. The ceramic and
architectural forms are consistent with the archeologically described
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains representing a minimum of seven
individuals were removed from the Pinnacle Site, AZ P:14:71(ASM),
Navajo County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School under the direction
of Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by Hinkes describes the presence
of five unauthorized excavation pits at this site. The human remains
were collected from these pits or elsewhere downslope. There is no
record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the accession of these
human remains. However, the collection likely entered the museum in the
same year as other collections from the summer field school. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The Pinnacle Site contains a pueblo of about 10 rooms. It is dated
to the period from A.D. 1275 to 1400 on the basis of the ceramic
assemblage. The ceramic and architectural forms are consistent with the
archeologically described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo
traditions.
In 1978, legally authorized excavations were conducted at site AZ
P:14:176(ASM), Navajo County, AZ, by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the direction of Brian Byrd. No human
burials were intentionally excavated during this project. Archeological
collections from the site were brought to the museum at the end of each
field season, but no accession number was assigned. In 2009 and 2010,
Arizona State Museum staff found fragmentary human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals intermingled with animal bone collections
from this site. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Site AZ P:14:176 is a small pithouse site located in the vicinity
of Chiwodist[aacute]s. Based on the ceramic assemblage and
architectural forms, the site has been dated to the early Mogollon
period, approximately A.D. 500 to 1000. These characteristics are
consistent with the archeologically described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1979, fragmentary human remains representing a minimum of 74
individuals were removed from an unnamed site, AZ P:14:281(ASM), Navajo
County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School under the direction
of Madeleine Hinkes. A report prepared by Hinkes describes the presence
of at least 70 unauthorized excavation pits at this site. The human
remains were collected from these pits or adjacent backdirt piles.
There is no record in Arizona State Museum files regarding the
accession of these human remains. However, the collection likely
entered the museum in the same year as other collections from the
summer field school. No known individuals were identified. The three
associated funerary objects are two modified animal bones and one bone
bead.
Site AZ P:14:281 contains a pueblo of about 31 rooms with
additional stone alignments. Based on the ceramic assemblage, the site
is dated to the period from A.D. 1275 to 1400. The ceramic and the
architectural forms are consistent with the archeologically described
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1929, human remains representing six individuals were removed
from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ V:2:1(ASM), Gila County, AZ,
during legally authorized excavations conducted by the Gila Pueblo
Foundation, under the direction of Emil Haury. In 1950, the Gila Pueblo
Foundation closed and the collections were transferred to the Arizona
State Museum. No known individuals were identified. The 69 associated
funerary objects are 1 basketry artifact, 9 pieces of botanical
material, 1 piece of cotton roving, 2 cradleboards, 1 gourd bottle, 1
gourd dipper, 2 gourd scoops, 1 hair bundle, 3 ceramic bowls, 1 cotton
manta, 1 basketry bowl, 1 basketry mat, 7 basketry mat fragments, 1
basketry tump strap, 1 reed-grass bundle, 2 sandals, 1 wood spindle, 2
cotton spindle sticks, 27 textile fragments, 1 torch, 1 yucca fiber
apron, 1 yucca fiber quid, and 1 lot of yucca fiber yarn.
In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/AZ V:2:1(ASM), Gila
County, AZ, during a legally authorized survey conducted by the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School under the direction
of Madeleine Hinkes. The purpose of this project was to survey
vandalism at Canyon Creek Ruin and other sites in the vicinity and to
recover human remains that had been disturbed by unauthorized
excavations. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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Canyon Creek Ruin is a cliff dwelling site of approximately 140
rooms. Based on ceramic and perishable artifact assemblage, the site is
dated to A.D. 1300 to 1400. The ceramic and the architectural forms are
consistent with the archeologically described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1980, a collection survey was conducted at the Hole Canyon Ruin
Site, AZ V:2:5(ASM), in Gila County, AZ, under the auspices of the
University of Arizona Archaeological Field School under the direction
of David Tuggle. No human burials were intentionally excavated during
this project. Archeological collections from the site were brought to
the museum at the end of each field season, but no accession number was
assigned. In 2007, Arizona State Museum staff found fragmentary human
remains representing a minimum of one individual intermingled with the
perishable items collections from this site. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Hole Canyon Ruin is a cliff dwelling with approximately 19 rooms.
Based on the ceramic assemblage, the site may be dated to the period
A.D. 1300 to 1400. The ceramic and the architectural forms are
consistent with the archeologically described Upland Mogollon or
prehistoric Western Pueblo traditions.
In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from site AZ V:2:12(ASM), Gila County, AZ, during legally
authorized salvage activities conducted by the University of Arizona
Archaeological Field School under the direction of David Tuggle. The
site had previously been extensively vandalized, and the objective of
the University of Arizona archeologists was to recover human remains
that had been disturbed. Archeological collections from the site were
brought to the museum at the end of each field season, but no accession
number was assigned. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site AZ V:2:12 consists of a small pueblo of about 10 to 20 rooms
and is associated with late Puebloan ceramics. On this basis, the site
may be dated to A.D. 1275 to 1400. These characteristics are consistent
with the archeologically described Upland Mogollon or prehistoric
Western Pueblo traditions.
A detailed discussion of the basis for cultural affiliation of
archeological sites in the region where the above sites are located may
be found in ``Cultural Affiliation Assessment of White Mountain Apache
Tribal Lands (Fort Apache Indian Reservation)'', by John R. Welch and
T.J. Ferguson (2005). To summarize, archeologists have used the terms
Upland Mogollon or prehistoric Western Pueblo to define the
archeological complexes represented by the 10 sites listed above.
Material culture characteristics of these traditions include a temporal
progression from earlier pit houses to later masonry pueblos, villages
organized in room blocks of contiguous dwellings associated with
plazas, rectangular kivas, polished and paint-decorated ceramics,
unpainted corrugated ceramics, inhumation burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and bone artifacts. The combination of
the material culture attributes and a subsistence pattern, which
included hunting and gathering augmented by maize agriculture, helps to
identify an earlier group. Archeologists have also remarked that there
are strong similarities between this earlier group and present-day
tribes included in the Western Pueblo ethnographic group, especially
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico. The similarities in ceramic traditions, burial practices,
architectural forms, and settlement patterns have led archeologists to
believe that the prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon Rim region
migrated north and west to the Hopi mesas, and north and east to the
Zuni River Valley. Certain objects found in Upland Mogollon
archeological sites have been found to have strong resemblances to
ritual paraphernalia that are used in continuing religious practices by
the Hopi and Zuni. Some petroglyphs on the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation have also persuaded archeologists of continuities between
the earlier identified group and current-day Western Pueblo people.
Biological information from the site of Grasshopper Pueblo, which is
located in close proximity to the ten sites listed above, supports the
view that the prehistoric occupants of the Upland Mogollon region had
migrated from various locations to the north and west of the region.
Hopi and Zuni oral traditions parallel the archeological evidence
for migration. Migration figures prominently in Hopi oral tradition,
which refers to the ancient sites, pottery, stone tools, petroglyphs,
and other artifacts left behind by the ancestors as ``Hopi
Footprints.'' This migration history is complex and detailed, and
includes traditions relating specific clans to the Mogollon region.
Hopi cultural advisors have also identified medicinal and culinary
plants at archeological sites in the region. Their knowledge about
these plants was passed down to them from the ancestors who inhabited
these ancient sites. Migration is also an important attribute of Zuni
oral tradition, and includes accounts of Zuni ancestors passing through
the Upland Mogollon region. The ancient villages mark the routes of
these migrations. Zuni cultural advisors remark that the ancient sites
were not abandoned. People returned to these places from time to time,
either to reoccupy them or for the purpose of religious pilgrimages--a
practice that has continued to the present-day. Archeologists have
found ceramic evidence at shrines in the Upland Mogollon region that
confirms these reports. Zuni cultural advisors have names for plants
endemic to the Mogollon region that do not grow on the Zuni
Reservation. They also have knowledge about traditional medicinal and
ceremonial uses for these resources, which has been passed down to them
from their ancestors. Furthermore, Hopi and Zuni cultural advisors have
recognized that their ancestors may have been co-resident at some of
the sites in this region during their ancestral migrations.
There are differing points of view regarding the possible presence
of Apache people in the Upland Mogollon region during the time that
these ancient sites were occupied. Some Apache traditions describe
interactions with Ancestral Puebloan people during this time, but
according to these stories, Puebloan people and Apache people were
regarded as having separate identities. The White Mountain Apache Tribe
of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, does not claim cultural
affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary objects from
these 10 ancestral Upland Mogollon sites. As reported by Welch and
Ferguson (2005), consultations between the White Mountain Apache Tribe
of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona, and the Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico, have indicated that none of these tribes wish to
pursue claims of affiliation with sites on White Mountain Apache Tribal
lands. Finally, the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache
Reservation, Arizona, supports the repatriation of human remains and
associated funerary objects from these 10 ancestral Upland Mogollon
sites and is ready to assist the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni
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Reservation, New Mexico, in their reburial on tribal land.
Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 241 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Arizona State Museum also have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001(3)(A), that the 74 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 Bureau of Indian Affairs and Arizona State Museum have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that 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 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 John McClelland, NAGPRA Coordinator, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520)
626-2950, before April 14, 2011. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Arizona State Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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