Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA, 21804-21805 [2019-09993]
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beads and beads fragments, one smoking
pipe fragment, two iron fragments, and
multiple wood fragments. These
cultural items are identified by the
designation UBS 1990–12.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from
archeological site 14RP1 in Republic
County KS. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
donated to the Kansas State Historical
Society in 1896, by Mrs. George
Johnson. The fragmentary elements
belong to one infant represented by 69
elements; one two-to-five-year-old
represented by 21 bone fragments; and
three adults represented by 54 bone
fragments. No known individuals were
identified. The 40 associated funerary
objects include six pottery fragments, 10
flakes, one quartzite grinding stone, five
grinding stone fragments, four red
quartzite mortar fragments, one wooden
post fragment, five scraps of copper, one
hammer stone, one horse tooth, three
sandstone fragments, one projectile
point blank, and two pieces of pyrite.
These cultural items are identified by
the designation UBS 1991–05.
In 1966, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from Area 662, excavation 326,
Feature 584 at archeological site 14RP1
by state archeologist Thomas Witty.
Twenty fragments of human bone
representing one adult were found in
Kansas State Historical Society
collections by Robert Hoard in June
2008, and include fragments of the
temporal, maxilla, maxilla or mandible,
vertebrae, patella, tarsals, and
unidentifiable fragments. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were
present. These cultural items are
identified by the designation UBS 2018–
02.
Archeological site 14RP1 was
occupied between approximately 1770
and 1810 C.E., and is well known to the
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
Ethnographically, Zebulon Pike, Pedro
(Pierre) Vial, and Lewis and Clark all
document the presence of the Kitkahaki
band of the Pawnee in the region
encompassing site 14RP1 during the
1770–1810 C.E. timeframe.
Geographically, the site lies within the
historically documented territory of the
Pawnee (see summaries in Roper 2006
and Wedel 1936; 1959:40–41, 58–60).
Pawnee oral history supports these
findings (see Weltfish 1965).
Furthermore, excavations conducted in
the 1960s by the Kansas State Historical
Society and in 2007 by the University of
Kansas corroborate the above
statements.
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Determinations Made by the Kansas
State Historical Society
Officials of the Kansas State Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 13
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 130 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 Pawnee 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 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. Robert J. Hoard, State
Archeologist, Kansas State Historical
Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka,
KS 66615–1099, telephone 785–272–
8681 Ext. 269, email Robert.Hoard@
ks.gov, by June 14, 2019. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma may proceed.
The Kansas State Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has
been published.
Dated: April 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology has completed
an inventory of human remains and
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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
Institute 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
Institute of Archaeology at the address
in this notice by June 14, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute 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 Institute of
Archaeology, Andover MA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Chequesset InnTaylor Hill site (19BN106), Wellfleet,
Barnstable 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 objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
An invitation to consult was extended
to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
(previously listed as the Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.)
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and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah), hereafter referred to as
‘‘The Invited Tribes.’’ The Assonet Band
of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, was
also invited, but chose not to
participate.
The Invited Tribes either did not
consult or engaged in limited
communication. Determinations of
cultural affiliation are based on prior
and extensive consultation with these
Indian Tribes and groups for other
human remains and associated funerary
objects from the same site and vicinity.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date early in the
twentieth century, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site (19–BN–
106) in Barnstable County, MA.
Research by archeologist James W.
Bradley (2008) indicates that
avocational archeologist Howard Torrey
removed human remains from the
Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site, and
gave some of these human remains to
avocational archeologist Fred Luce in
1915. During an inventory project in
2018, staff members of the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology
located 6 boxes of objects from Cape
Cod area sites that had been amassed by
Fred Luce in the early twentieth
century. Examination by physical
anthropologist Harley Erickson found
that the human remains consist of two
heavily eroded human bone fragments—
a distal end of a metatarsal and a medial
hand phalanx. Both are from an adult of
indeterminate sex and age. No known
individuals were identified. The 56
associated funerary objects are six
modified animal bone fragments; 22
ceramic fragments, some decorated
(including small bag of ceramic dust
and debris); and 28 small, unmodified
shells. (Three other individuals and
eight associated funerary objects from
Taylor Hill and excavated by Howard
Torrey and archeologist Ripley R.
Bullen in 1946 and 1949 were listed by
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in 2005, and
have already been repatriated.)
The Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site is
reported in archeologist James W.
Bradley’s 2008 article ‘‘Taylor Hill: A
Middle Woodland Mortuary Site in
Wellfleet, MA,’’ in the Bulletin of the
Massachusetts Archaeological Society.
The site dates to the late Middle
Woodland era (circa 1100 to 1300 years
B.P.), and is described by Bradley as a
‘‘concentration of late Middle Woodland
habitation and mortuary sites located at
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the head of Wellfleet Harbor on Cape
Cod.’’ These sites lie within the
historically documented territory of the
Wampanoag. In his 1928 monograph,
‘‘Territorial Subdivisions and
Boundaries of the Wampanoag,
Massachusett, and Nauset Indians,’’
(Indian Notes and Monographs No. 44,
1928) Frank Speck places the area
around Wellfleet within the traditional
territory of the Wampanoag.
Linguistically, this area is within the socalled 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). Sociopolitical and
economic patterns in the coastal area of
Rhode Island and Massachusetts were
established by the late Woodland period
circa A.D. 1000, and the coastal groups
in this area are likely the ancestors of
the Wampanoag people encountered by
the English in the seventeenth century.
Archeology, ethno-history, linguistics,
and oral history provide multiple lines
of evidence that demonstrate
longstanding ties between the
Wampanoag and the area around the
Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site and
affirm affiliation with the burial at the
site.
Determinations Made by the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Institute 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 one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 56 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 Invited Tribes.
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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu,
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by June 14, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Invited Tribes may
proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Invited Tribes and the Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019–09993 Filed 5–14–19; 8:45 am]
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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
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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027785; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Institute 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 Institute 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 Institute of
Archaeology at the address in this notice by June 14, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490, 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 Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover MA. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site
(19BN106), Wellfleet, Barnstable 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 objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
An invitation to consult was extended to the Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.)
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and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), hereafter referred to
as ``The Invited Tribes.'' The Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a
non-federally recognized Indian group, was also invited, but chose not
to participate.
The Invited Tribes either did not consult or engaged in limited
communication. Determinations of cultural affiliation are based on
prior and extensive consultation with these Indian Tribes and groups
for other human remains and associated funerary objects from the same
site and vicinity.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date early in the twentieth century, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the
Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site (19-BN-106) in Barnstable County, MA.
Research by archeologist James W. Bradley (2008) indicates that
avocational archeologist Howard Torrey removed human remains from the
Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site, and gave some of these human remains
to avocational archeologist Fred Luce in 1915. During an inventory
project in 2018, staff members of the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology located 6 boxes of objects from Cape Cod area sites that
had been amassed by Fred Luce in the early twentieth century.
Examination by physical anthropologist Harley Erickson found that the
human remains consist of two heavily eroded human bone fragments--a
distal end of a metatarsal and a medial hand phalanx. Both are from an
adult of indeterminate sex and age. No known individuals were
identified. The 56 associated funerary objects are six modified animal
bone fragments; 22 ceramic fragments, some decorated (including small
bag of ceramic dust and debris); and 28 small, unmodified shells.
(Three other individuals and eight associated funerary objects from
Taylor Hill and excavated by Howard Torrey and archeologist Ripley R.
Bullen in 1946 and 1949 were listed by the Robert S. Peabody Institute
of Archaeology in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in 2005,
and have already been repatriated.)
The Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site is reported in archeologist
James W. Bradley's 2008 article ``Taylor Hill: A Middle Woodland
Mortuary Site in Wellfleet, MA,'' in the Bulletin of the Massachusetts
Archaeological Society. The site dates to the late Middle Woodland era
(circa 1100 to 1300 years B.P.), and is described by Bradley as a
``concentration of late Middle Woodland habitation and mortuary sites
located at the head of Wellfleet Harbor on Cape Cod.'' These sites lie
within the historically documented territory of the Wampanoag. In his
1928 monograph, ``Territorial Subdivisions and Boundaries of the
Wampanoag, Massachusett, and Nauset Indians,'' (Indian Notes and
Monographs No. 44, 1928) Frank Speck places the area around Wellfleet
within the traditional territory of the Wampanoag. 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). Sociopolitical and economic patterns in the coastal
area of Rhode Island and Massachusetts were established by the late
Woodland period circa A.D. 1000, and the coastal groups in this area
are likely the ancestors of the Wampanoag people encountered by the
English in the seventeenth century. Archeology, ethno-history,
linguistics, and oral history provide multiple lines of evidence that
demonstrate longstanding ties between the Wampanoag and the area around
the Chequesset Inn-Taylor Hill site and affirm affiliation with the
burial at the site.
Determinations Made by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Institute 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 56 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 Invited
Tribes.
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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], by June 14, 2019.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Invited Tribes may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying The Invited Tribes and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag
Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian group, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: April 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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