Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 10500-10501 [2015-04045]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17551;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology has completed
an inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology at the address
in this notice by March 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA. The human remains were
removed from Betheia Farm-Touisett
Point #2 site in Warren, Bristol County,
Rhode Island.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Wampanoag
Repatriation Confederacy, representing
the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
(previously listed as the Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council,
Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), and the Assonet Band of
the Wampanoag Nation (a non-federally
recognized Indian group).
History and Description of the Remains
Maurice Robbins removed human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual from the Betheia FarmTouisett Point #2 site in Warren, Bristol
County, RI, which were transferred to
the Phillips Academy Department of
Archaeology (now the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology)
(Peabody Accn. 46/6437) in 1938. The
human remains are cranial fragments, a
humerus, and a femur. The individual is
a female juvenile or subadult, aged
approximately 10 to 11 years old at time
of death. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. Cranial anatomy and
teeth are consistent with Native
American ancestry; physical
anthropologist Michael Gibbons, in
preparing an inventory of the remains,
indicates that the individual died
approximately 400+ years ago.
Information about the Betheia FarmTouisett Point #2 site is found in the
files of the Robert S. Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and the files of the
Rhode Island Historical Preservation &
Heritage Commission (site numbers
1349 and 1350). Records at the former
institution indicate that human remains
washed out of the site during a storm
and were collected by Robbins. The
storm event may have been the ‘‘Great
Hurricane’’ of September 1938, though a
sketch map on file indicates erosion was
already occurring in 1937. The site is
described as a high sandy bluff facing
Mount Hope Bay sitting on a very
abrupt slope approximately 25 feet back
from the beach. Robbins noted other
artifacts from the site including points,
hammerstones, fragmentary pestle,
steatite bowl, and pottery fragments.
Additional information may be available
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at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology/
Massachusetts Archaeological Society in
Middleborough, MA (MAS site #M–43/
35), though no information was
available during the preparation of this
notice. Frank Speck (see his 1928
monograph ‘‘Territorial Subdivisions
and Boundaries of the Wampanoag,
Massachusett, and Nauset Indians,’’
Indian Notes and Monographs No. 44)
places the area around Touisett Point
within the traditional territory of the
Wampanoag. There seems to be general
agreement among scholars that this area
was within the territory of the
Wampanoag (for example, see Bert
Salwen’s entry ‘‘Indians of Southern
New England and Long Island: Early
Period’’ and William S. Simmons entry
‘‘Narragansett,’’ both appearing in the
1978 Handbook of North American
Indians: Northeast, edited by Bruce G.
Trigger, and Robert S. Grumet’s 1995
book ‘‘Historic Contact: Indian Peoples
and Colonists in Today’s Northeastern
United States in the Sixteenth through
Eighteenth Centuries,’’ pages 117–121,
129–133). Linguistically this area is
within the so-called n-dialect shared by
Massachusett, Wampanoag, and
Pokanoket speakers (see map and
discussion in Kathleen J. Bragdon’s
2009 book ‘‘Native Peoples of Southern
New England, 1650–1775, pages 22–23).
Mount Hope, located near Touisett
Point in Bristol, Rhode Island, is
identified as the home of Wampanoag
leaders Massasoit and his son
Metacomet (also known as King Philip).
Conflict with English colonists over
encroachment into traditional lands and
attempts to restrict Native people to
small reservations ignited Metacomet’s
rebellion or King Philip’s War (1675–
1676) when the Wampanoag were
unwilling or unable to relinquish their
lands. Sociopolitical and economic
patterns in the coastal area of Rhode
Island and Massachusetts were
established by the late Woodland period
circa AD 1000 and the coastal groups in
this area are likely the ancestors of the
Wampanoag people encountered by the
English in the seventeenth century (for
example, see discussion in Bragdon
[2009:35–36]). Archaeology,
ethnohistory, linguistics, and oral
history provide multiple lines of
evidence that demonstrate longstanding
ties between the Wampanoag and the
area around Touisett Point and affirm
affiliation with the burial at the Betheia
Farm-Touisett Point #2 site.
Determinations Made by the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology have
determined that:
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• 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 Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederacy, representing the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as
the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined, the
Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation, a non-federally recognized
Indian group).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler,
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490, email
rwheeler@andover.edu, by March 30,
2015. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy,
representing the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council,
Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), and, if joined, the Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, may
proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
the Wampanoag Repatriation
Confederacy, representing the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as
the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah), and the Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Melanie O’Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17550;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology at the address
in this notice by March 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from ten sites in Massachusetts
described here according to site
location, county, and town, when
available.
SUMMARY:
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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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Wampanoag
Repatriation Confederacy, representing
the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
(previously listed as the Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council,
Inc.), and the Assonet Band of the
Wampanoag Nation (a non-federally
recognized Indian group). Inventories of
human remains and associated funerary
objects from Wakefield, Georgetown,
Shattuck Farm, Lowell Textile School,
Poznick, Call, and Indian Rock sites
were shared with the Abenaki Nation of
New Hampshire (a non-federally
recognized Indian group) and the
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi St.
Francis/Sokoki Band (a non-federally
recognized Indian group) in 1999, but
consultation was not conducted with
these groups.
History and Description of the Remains
Cape Cod-Southeastern Massachusetts
South Dennis
William W. Taylor removed human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual at an unknown site in South
Dennis, Barnstable County, MA, which
were acquired by the Phillips Academy
Department of Archaeology (now the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology) in 1913 (Peabody Accn.
54612). The human remains are one
sternum fragment. The individual is a
female juvenile to subadult. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
No documentation exists for this site,
other than the entries for the human
remains in the museum catalog. Records
indicate that two other lots of artifacts
were accessioned from the same site,
also acquired from William W. Taylor,
including broken stone implements;
most of these stone implements were
deaccessioned, though one rough
preform (Peabody Accn. 54613) is still
at the museum. The presence of stone
implements at the site corroborates the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17551; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology has completed an
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
at the address in this notice by March 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. The human remains
were removed from Betheia Farm-Touisett Point #2 site in Warren,
Bristol County, Rhode Island.
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy,
representing the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of
Gay Head (Aquinnah), and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation (a
non-federally recognized Indian group).
History and Description of the Remains
Maurice Robbins removed human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual from the Betheia Farm-Touisett Point #2 site in Warren,
Bristol County, RI, which were transferred to the Phillips Academy
Department of Archaeology (now the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology) (Peabody Accn. 46/6437) in 1938. The human remains are
cranial fragments, a humerus, and a femur. The individual is a female
juvenile or subadult, aged approximately 10 to 11 years old at time of
death. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. Cranial anatomy and teeth are consistent with
Native American ancestry; physical anthropologist Michael Gibbons, in
preparing an inventory of the remains, indicates that the individual
died approximately 400+ years ago.
Information about the Betheia Farm-Touisett Point #2 site is found
in the files of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and the
files of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
(site numbers 1349 and 1350). Records at the former institution
indicate that human remains washed out of the site during a storm and
were collected by Robbins. The storm event may have been the ``Great
Hurricane'' of September 1938, though a sketch map on file indicates
erosion was already occurring in 1937. The site is described as a high
sandy bluff facing Mount Hope Bay sitting on a very abrupt slope
approximately 25 feet back from the beach. Robbins noted other
artifacts from the site including points, hammerstones, fragmentary
pestle, steatite bowl, and pottery fragments. Additional information
may be available at the Robbins Museum of Archaeology/Massachusetts
Archaeological Society in Middleborough, MA (MAS site #M-43/35), though
no information was available during the preparation of this notice.
Frank Speck (see his 1928 monograph ``Territorial Subdivisions and
Boundaries of the Wampanoag, Massachusett, and Nauset Indians,'' Indian
Notes and Monographs No. 44) places the area around Touisett Point
within the traditional territory of the Wampanoag. There seems to be
general agreement among scholars that this area was within the
territory of the Wampanoag (for example, see Bert Salwen's entry
``Indians of Southern New England and Long Island: Early Period'' and
William S. Simmons entry ``Narragansett,'' both appearing in the 1978
Handbook of North American Indians: Northeast, edited by Bruce G.
Trigger, and Robert S. Grumet's 1995 book ``Historic Contact: Indian
Peoples and Colonists in Today's Northeastern United States in the
Sixteenth through Eighteenth Centuries,'' pages 117-121, 129-133).
Linguistically this area is within the so-called n-dialect shared by
Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Pokanoket speakers (see map and discussion
in Kathleen J. Bragdon's 2009 book ``Native Peoples of Southern New
England, 1650-1775, pages 22-23). Mount Hope, located near Touisett
Point in Bristol, Rhode Island, is identified as the home of Wampanoag
leaders Massasoit and his son Metacomet (also known as King Philip).
Conflict with English colonists over encroachment into traditional
lands and attempts to restrict Native people to small reservations
ignited Metacomet's rebellion or King Philip's War (1675-1676) when the
Wampanoag were unwilling or unable to relinquish their lands.
Sociopolitical and economic patterns in the coastal area of Rhode
Island and Massachusetts were established by the late Woodland period
circa AD 1000 and the coastal groups in this area are likely the
ancestors of the Wampanoag people encountered by the English in the
seventeenth century (for example, see discussion in Bragdon [2009:35-
36]). Archaeology, ethnohistory, linguistics, and oral history provide
multiple lines of evidence that demonstrate longstanding ties between
the Wampanoag and the area around Touisett Point and affirm affiliation
with the burial at the Betheia Farm-Touisett Point #2 site.
Determinations Made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have
determined that:
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Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
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
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy, representing the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), and, if
joined, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally
recognized Indian group).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum
of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu, by March 30,
2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy, representing the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag
Indian Tribal Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), and, if joined, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a
non-federally recognized Indian group, may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederacy, representing the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag
Indian Tribal Council, Inc.), the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-
federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-04045 Filed 2-25-15; 8:45 am]
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