Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN, 11819-11820 [2019-05992]
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Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, telephone (205)
348–7550, email bbomar@ua.edu, by
April 29, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas);
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
of Florida; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town, Oklahoma, hereafter referred to
as ‘‘The Tribes’’ may proceed.
The University of Alabama Museums
is responsible for notifying The Tribes
and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; Mississippi Band
of Choctaw Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; and the United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
that this correction notice has been
published.
Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, Nashville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division 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 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
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human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
to the Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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 Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology at the address
in this notice by April 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, Michael C.
Moore, 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole Bldg
3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615)
687–4776, email mike.c.moore@tn.gov.
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
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, Nashville, TN. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Chattanooga,
Hamilton County, TN.
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 Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation.
History and Description of the Remains
Between April and July 2007, human
remains representing, at minimum, 189
individuals were removed from
privately-owned property, the David
Davis Farm site 40HA301, Chattanooga,
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Hamilton County, TN, during
construction related to a privatelyfunded commercial venture. A local
private consultant, Alexander
Archaeological Consultants, conducted
the removal. The Tennessee Division of
Archaeology received the human
skeletal remains and associated burial
objects in the summer of 2009, and
subsequently entered into an agreement
with Middle Tennessee State University
(MTSU) to prepare a comprehensive
human skeletal inventory. The 2,132
associated funerary objects include: 305
projectile points, 12 discoidals, eight
scrapers, six bi-pointed blades, six
knives, six bifaces, five celts (including
one greenstone spatulate celt, one
greenstone celt, and two celt blanks),
five hammerstones, four abraders, three
blades, one drill, one stone pipe, 87
ceramic beads, 10 complete or partial
ceramic vessels, four ceramic pipes, one
ceramic disc, 1,270 shell beads, 17 shell
pins, nine shell masks, eight shell
gorgets (most Citico-style rattlesnake),
two shell earplugs, two shell ear spools,
51 other worked/unworked shell
objects, 68 worked/unworked animal
bone objects, seven metal objects
(including two beads and one hilt
pommel), and 234 lots of assorted
minerals (ochre, hematite, galena, and
quartz).
Based on the associated funerary
objects, the David Davis Farm site
represents a late Mississippian/
protohistoric occupation with evidence
of Spanish contact.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology
Officials of the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 189
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 2,132 objects described in this
notice 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 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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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 Michael C. Moore,
Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology, 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole
Bldg. 3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone
(615) 687–4776, email mike.c.moore@
tn.gov, by April 29, 2019. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
may proceed.
The Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology is responsible
for notifying The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: The
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The American Museum of
Natural History has corrected an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register on September 10, 2018.
This notice corrects the number of
associated funerary objects. 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 American Museum of
Natural History. 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
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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 American Museum of
Natural History at the address in this
notice by April 29, 2019.
Nell Murphy, Director of
Cultural Resources, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769–5837, email
nmurphy@amnh.org.
ADDRESSES:
Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
American Museum of Natural History,
New York, NY. The human remains and
associated funerary object were removed
from Brentwood, Williamson County,
TN.
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.
This notice corrects the number of
associated funerary objects published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (83 FR 45667–45669,
September 10, 2018). An associated
funerary object that was included in the
inventory was inadvertently omitted
from the Notice of Inventory
Completion. Transfer of control of the
item in this correction notice has not
occurred.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In the Federal Register (83 FR 45668,
September 10, 2018), column 1,
paragraph 7, sentence 4 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The one associated funerary object is
a ceramic vase.
In the Federal Register (83 FR 45668,
September 10, 2018), column 2,
paragraph 1, sentence 3 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three
objects described in this notice 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.
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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 Nell Murphy, Director of
Cultural Resources, American Museum
of Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769–5837, email
nmurphy@amnh.org, by April 29, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma may proceed.
The American Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of
Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama);
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously
listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations));
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Pueblo Grande Museum
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
SUMMARY:
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Department of
Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation,
Division 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 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 Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology at the address in this notice by
April 29, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation,
Division of Archaeology, Michael C. Moore, 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole
Bldg 3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 687-4776, email
[email protected].
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 Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
Nashville, TN. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN.
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
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of
Archaeology professional staff in consultation with representatives of
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
History and Description of the Remains
Between April and July 2007, human remains representing, at
minimum, 189 individuals were removed from privately-owned property,
the David Davis Farm site 40HA301, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN,
during construction related to a privately-funded commercial venture. A
local private consultant, Alexander Archaeological Consultants,
conducted the removal. The Tennessee Division of Archaeology received
the human skeletal remains and associated burial objects in the summer
of 2009, and subsequently entered into an agreement with Middle
Tennessee State University (MTSU) to prepare a comprehensive human
skeletal inventory. The 2,132 associated funerary objects include: 305
projectile points, 12 discoidals, eight scrapers, six bi-pointed
blades, six knives, six bifaces, five celts (including one greenstone
spatulate celt, one greenstone celt, and two celt blanks), five
hammerstones, four abraders, three blades, one drill, one stone pipe,
87 ceramic beads, 10 complete or partial ceramic vessels, four ceramic
pipes, one ceramic disc, 1,270 shell beads, 17 shell pins, nine shell
masks, eight shell gorgets (most Citico-style rattlesnake), two shell
earplugs, two shell ear spools, 51 other worked/unworked shell objects,
68 worked/unworked animal bone objects, seven metal objects (including
two beads and one hilt pommel), and 234 lots of assorted minerals
(ochre, hematite, galena, and quartz).
Based on the associated funerary objects, the David Davis Farm site
represents a late Mississippian/protohistoric occupation with evidence
of Spanish contact.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology
Officials of the Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 189 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,132 objects
described in this notice 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 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 Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian
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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 Michael C. Moore, Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation, Division of Archaeology, 1216 Foster Avenue, Cole
Bldg. 3, Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615) 687-4776, email
[email protected], by April 29, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division
of Archaeology is responsible for notifying The Muscogee (Creek) Nation
that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-05992 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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