Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR, 11627-11628 [2017-03606]
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associated funerary objects. The human
remains consist of a single individual of
indeterminate age (A1427/1) along with
37 iron nails (A1427/2) and 15 mostly
fragmentary and unmodified peach pits
(A1427/9), which are interpreted as
funerary objects. This site subsequently
was recorded as Newcomer’s Town and
Cemetery (33TU604).
Newcomers Town, also known as
Gekelmukpechunk, was a large
Delaware Indian village occupied in the
late 1700s. The limits of the site have
not been established, but the human
remains collected from the Mulvane
Street location are reasonably inferred to
relate to the Delaware Indian town and
therefore these remains are considered
to be culturally affiliated to the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma
Determinations Made by the Ohio
History Connection
Officials of the Ohio History
Connection have determined that:
• 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(3)(A),
the 52 objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near the human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony.
• 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma.
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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 Bradley Lepper, Ohio
History Connection, 800 East 17th
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
telephone (614) 298–2064, email
blepper@ohiohistory.org, by March 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, may
proceed.
The Ohio History Connection is
responsible for notifying the Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma, that this notice has
been published.
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Dated: January 5, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
At an unknown date, six cultural
items were removed from unknown
areas in southern Arkansas. These
cultural items were given to Southern
Arkansas University at an unknown
date, and donated to the Arkansas
Archeological Survey in 2016. The six
unassociated funerary objects are one
East Incised fragmentary jar, one East
Incised bowl, one Nash Neck Banded
jar, one effigy jar, one plain bowl, and
one Hempstead Engraved bottle (Catalog
#95–440–49, 50, 52, 55, 60, 61).
The pottery types are well known
examples of Caddo traditional wares.
East Incised and Hempstead Engraved
finewares are found throughout
Southwest Arkansas, along the Red
River Valley in the vicinity of the Great
Bend, and into adjoining corners of
Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The
time spans for the types overlap, with
East Incised associated with the East
Phase and ranging between A.D. 1100
and 1400, Hempstead Engraved is
associated with the Haley Phase as well
as the East Phase and was made
between about A.D. 1200 and 1450.
Nash Neck Banded was made in the
15th and 16th centuries. All three types
were made before European contact and
during the Caddo tradition.
The Caddo archeological tradition
developed between A.D. 900 and 1000
in the four corners region of Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
Distinctive characteristics include a
dispersed residential settlement of
families with a lifestyle grounded in
farming and collecting wild plants and
animals. The core of community life
was a religious and political center with
ceremonial and burial mounds, public
areas for community events and rituals,
and a small residential population
believed to be religious and political
leaders and their families. Caddo
ceramics are highly distinctive with
dual manufacturing traditions that
produced both refined wares decorated
with complex stylized incised and
engraved designs and utilitarian wares
with highly plastic incised, punctuated,
and brushed designs that are dominated
by geometric motifs.
The Caddo continued to practice
traditional settlement arrangements and
material crafts well into the contact
period. This is confirmed in part by past
discoveries of distinctive Caddo
ceramics and other artifacts found with
European trade items in locations where
French and Spanish observers
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Arkansas Archeological
Survey, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Arkansas Archeological Survey. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Arkansas Archeological Survey at
the address in this notice by March 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director,
Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475
North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR
72704, telephone (479) 575–3556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Arkansas
Archeological Survey that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
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documented their settlements. There is
thus a strong material link between
historic Caddo Tribal communities and
pre-contact archeological remains. The
collection enumerated here is entirely
typical of pre-contact Caddo Tradition
material culture.
Determinations Made by the Arkansas
Archeological Survey
Officials of the Arkansas
Archeological Survey have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 6 cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
telephone (479) 575–3556, by March 27,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma may proceed.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is
responsible for notifying the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 19, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017–03606 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22598;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR
National Park Service, Interior.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:20 Feb 23, 2017
Jkt 241001
Notice.
The Arkansas Archeological
Survey, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
Arkansas Archeological Survey. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Arkansas Archeological Survey at
the address in this notice by March 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director,
Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475
North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR
72704, telephone (479) 575–3556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the Arkansas
Archeological Survey that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
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In 1979, 1983, and 1986, 27 cultural
items were removed from the Belle
Meade site (3CT30) in Crittenden
County, AR. These unassociated
funerary objects were recovered by the
University of Memphis in 1979, 1983,
and 1986, and were curated at the C.H.
Nash Museum in Memphis, TN. These
cultural items were transferred to the
Arkansas Archeological Survey in
December of 2015. The 27 unassociated
funerary objects are 10 partial jars, 5
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fragmentary bottles, 1 frog effigy, 10
reconstructed bowls, and 1
reconstructed Ogee bowl (Catalog
#2016–551, 552, 553, 554, 555, and
556).
At an unknown date, 10 cultural
items were removed from the Belle
Meade site (3CT30) in Crittenden
County, AR. These unassociated
funerary objects were donated to the
C.H. Nash Museum in Memphis, TN,
part of the University of Memphis.
These cultural items were transferred to
the Arkansas Archeological Survey in
December of 2015. The 10 unassociated
funerary objects are 1 reconstructed
bowl, 1 fragmentary bottle, 5
fragmentary jar, 2 large bag of sherds,
and 1 partial Ogee short necked bottle
(Catalog # 2016–556, 557).
In 1980 and 1983, 22 cultural items
were removed from the Beck site (3CT8)
in Crittenden County, AR. These
unassociated funerary objects were
recovered by the University of Memphis
and curated at the C.H. Nash Museum
in Memphis, TN. These cultural items
were transferred to the Arkansas
Archeological Survey in December of
2015. The 22 unassociated funerary
objects include 5 reconstructed jars, 1
wide-mouthed bottle, 2 reconstructed
effigy bowls, 4 fragmentary bottles, 1
effigy jar, 6 fragmentary bowls, 2
fragmentary jars, and 1 fragmentary
teapot vessel (Catalog #2016–473, 477).
The items detailed in this inventory
represent late prehistoric and
protohistoric items common to large
village sites located in the central
Mississippi Valley province of
northeastern Arkansas. It is difficult to
link historic ethnic identities to
prehistoric cultural manifestations
identified for this region solely on the
basis of archeological evidence. In
response to this circumstance, modern
Native American communities assert
cultural affiliations for the purpose of
NAGPRA repatriation claims based on
settlement locations at the beginning of
the Colonial era as documented by early
European accounts. Colonial records
from the late 17th century and
extending through the 18th century
place Quapaws in the region
encompassed by the modern counties
from which the collections listed above
are derived. The first treaty the
Quapaws signed with the United States,
in 1818, further establishes residence
and control over, or interest in, these
portions of Arkansas.
Determinations Made by the Arkansas
Archeological Survey
Officials of the Arkansas
Archeological Survey have determined
that:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22597; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Arkansas
Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Arkansas Archeological Survey, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the Arkansas Archeological Survey.
If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Arkansas Archeological
Survey at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas Archeological Survey,
2475 North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, telephone (479) 575-
3556.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Arkansas Archeological Survey that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
At an unknown date, six cultural items were removed from unknown
areas in southern Arkansas. These cultural items were given to Southern
Arkansas University at an unknown date, and donated to the Arkansas
Archeological Survey in 2016. The six unassociated funerary objects are
one East Incised fragmentary jar, one East Incised bowl, one Nash Neck
Banded jar, one effigy jar, one plain bowl, and one Hempstead Engraved
bottle (Catalog #95-440-49, 50, 52, 55, 60, 61).
The pottery types are well known examples of Caddo traditional
wares. East Incised and Hempstead Engraved finewares are found
throughout Southwest Arkansas, along the Red River Valley in the
vicinity of the Great Bend, and into adjoining corners of Texas,
Louisiana, and Oklahoma. The time spans for the types overlap, with
East Incised associated with the East Phase and ranging between A.D.
1100 and 1400, Hempstead Engraved is associated with the Haley Phase as
well as the East Phase and was made between about A.D. 1200 and 1450.
Nash Neck Banded was made in the 15th and 16th centuries. All three
types were made before European contact and during the Caddo tradition.
The Caddo archeological tradition developed between A.D. 900 and
1000 in the four corners region of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana and
Oklahoma. Distinctive characteristics include a dispersed residential
settlement of families with a lifestyle grounded in farming and
collecting wild plants and animals. The core of community life was a
religious and political center with ceremonial and burial mounds,
public areas for community events and rituals, and a small residential
population believed to be religious and political leaders and their
families. Caddo ceramics are highly distinctive with dual manufacturing
traditions that produced both refined wares decorated with complex
stylized incised and engraved designs and utilitarian wares with highly
plastic incised, punctuated, and brushed designs that are dominated by
geometric motifs.
The Caddo continued to practice traditional settlement arrangements
and material crafts well into the contact period. This is confirmed in
part by past discoveries of distinctive Caddo ceramics and other
artifacts found with European trade items in locations where French and
Spanish observers
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documented their settlements. There is thus a strong material link
between historic Caddo Tribal communities and pre-contact archeological
remains. The collection enumerated here is entirely typical of pre-
contact Caddo Tradition material culture.
Determinations Made by the Arkansas Archeological Survey
Officials of the Arkansas Archeological Survey have determined
that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 6 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dr. George Sabo, Director, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
telephone (479) 575-3556, by March 27, 2017. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma may
proceed.
The Arkansas Archeological Survey is responsible for notifying the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 19, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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