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The 179 associated funerary objects
are one animal bone, one bone awl, 172
ceramic sherds, two ceramic vessels,
one chipped stone, and two soil
samples.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 53764,
September 10, 2014), column 2,
paragraph 3, sentence 5 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The 381 associated funerary objects
are 130 animal bones, one bead, one
ceramic bowl, five ceramic bowl
fragments, one ceramic jar, 124 ceramic
sherds, nine lots of charcoal, 108
chipped stones, one clay fragment, and
one shell bracelet fragment.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 53766,
September 10, 2014), column 2,
paragraph 4, sentence 2 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the
2,011 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.
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 Claire S. Barker,
Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State
Museum, P.O. Box 210026, Arizona
State Museum, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721, telephone (520) 626–
0320, email csbarker@
email.arizona.edu, by September 4,
2019. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the AkChin Indian Community (previously
listed as the Ak Chin Indian Community
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico;
hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes,’’
may proceed.
The Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona is responsible for
notifying the Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 16, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0028455;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology (Peabody) 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 September 4, 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 four sites in FL.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
SUMMARY:
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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 and associated funerary objects
was made by the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Seminole Tribe of
Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); and The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma.
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka
Catawba Tribe of South Carolina);
Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma were invited to
consult but did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed
in this section are referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In January 1920, human remains
representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed by Fred
Alanson Luce and his son Stanley
Eldridge Luce from the Macey Mound
(8OR10313) in Orange County, FL. Luce
described the site as located on the
Macey farm and the shores of Lake
Butler (actually Lake Tibet-Butler), near
the community of Zantee (a railroad
siding and turpentine still that was all
but defunct in 1920). The excavations
are documented in a 215 page journal
prepared by Fred Luce dated 1940,
presumably based on notes taken in the
field. Luce also made photographs,
some artifact sketches, and sketch maps
and plans of the excavation, all of which
are on file at the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology. The collection
was originally deposited by Luce at the
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Haverhill Historical Society ‘‘The
Buttonwoods,’’ but was transferred to
the Peabody in 1995. Examination by
physical anthropologists Michael
Gibbon and Harley Erickson found that
the human remains represent two adults
of indeterminate sex; four adult males;
one adult, possibly female; and two
juveniles of indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. The
1,685 associated funerary objects are
one charcoal sample; one whelk shell
columella; one shell bead; one stone
plummet; nine quartz pebbles; three
chert bifaces; one sand sample; and
1,668 pottery sherds.
Luce states that the mound was
originally eight feet high and around
seven yards in diameter, with a narrow
trench connecting the mound to the lake
shore, possibly a linear earthwork
(which would not be uncommon for the
area around Lake Okeechobee and the
Kissimmee River). Luce mentions a
great deal of human bone and some
artifacts on the mound surface resulting
from the earlier leveling work, and that
the property owners had found one
complete pottery vessel during earlier
digging. The mound was constructed
from very white sand. The descriptions
of the burials suggest secondary
interment, as well as some considerable
disturbance of the mound in the past.
Luce describes at least three burned
areas that included human bone,
charcoal and pottery. One of these,
found outside the grid, on the east side
of the mound, could be a pottery cache.
Most of the burials and other features
were found from near the mound
surface to around 40 inches below
surface; it seems that much of the
material encountered above 30 inches
had been disturbed in the past, with a
few intact burials still preserved deeper
in the mound.
The ceramic inventory from Macey
Mound is dominated by spiculate wares.
Based on the pottery, the Macey Mound
likely dates to the Late Woodland
Period, circa A.D. 500–1000. Cultural
resource management investigations
being conducted at the Macey Mound in
2019 have identified European artifacts,
indicating occupation and use of the site
during the seventeenth century as well.
At an unknown time, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by W.E.
Snyder from a site in Fernandina,
Amelia Island, Nassau County, FL. The
Peabody received the human remains
and associated funerary objects from
Snyder on October 1, 1890. Examination
of the human remains indicate that they
represent one adult of indeterminate age
and sex. No known individual was
identified. The six associated funerary
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objects are stamped pottery sherds of
either the Lamar or San Marcos series.
The presence of the six decorated
pottery sherds, all late types, indicates
a date after A.D. 1400, perhaps as recent
as seventeenth or early eighteenth
centuries.
In 1903, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed by Clarence B. Moore from an
unknown site in Florida. The catalog
entries indicate that the human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from an archeological site in
Florida by Moore during his 1903
expedition to the state, which included
explorations in Calhoun, Citrus,
Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando,
Hillsborough, Jackson, Lafayette, Levy,
Liberty, and Pasco Counties (based on
Moore’s fieldnotes at the Division of
Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library). Moore
transferred these human remains and
funerary objects to the Phillips
Academy Department of Archaeology
(now known as the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology) sometime
shortly after its opening in 1903.
Physical anthropologist Michael Gibbon
identified the human remains as those
of a newborn or infant of indeterminate
sex. No known individual was
identified. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of medium sized
shell beads and fragmentary beads,
including one glass bead; one lot of
small and medium shell beads and
fragments, including flat, tubular, and
round shapes; and one lot of medium
shell beads and fragments, including
flat, tubular, and round beads. The glass
bead indicates a date in the sixteenth
through eighteenth century or later.
In 1894, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual was
removed by Clarence B. Moore from the
Mound near Peter’s Creek, Green Cove
Spring, Clay County, FL. Moore
transferred these human remains and
funerary objects to the Phillips
Academy Department of Archaeology
(now known as the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology) sometime
shortly after its opening in 1903. Moore
excavated the Mound near Peter’s Creek
(8CL6) in 1894 and reports on it in his
1894 publication, Certain Sand Mounds
of the St. John’s River, Florida, Part II.
He describes the site, located near Green
Cove Springs, as originally 4 feet high
and 60 feet in diameter, and notes that,
‘‘in occasional pockets of pink sand
were many shell beads with human
remains.’’ A note in the Peabody
accession ledger for Cat. # 40361 reads,
‘‘31⁄2 feet down in sand colored pink
with hematite, with human remains.
Mound near Peter’s Creek.’’ The human
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remains are extremely fragmentary. No
known individual was identified. The
one funerary object is one lot of medium
sized shell beads and bead fragments,
including flat, tubular, and round shell
beads. Moore mentions that stamped
pottery was dominant at the site,
suggesting a St. Johns II period date
(A.D. 750 to 1600).
Based on geographical, archeological,
oral tradition, and historical lines of
evidence, as well as expert opinion, the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); and The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma are culturally
affiliated with the human remains from
Macey Mound, Fernandina-Amelia
Island, Unknown Florida Site #1, and
the Mound near Peter’s Creek.
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 12
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 1,695 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 Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously
listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and
The Seminole 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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu,
by September 4, 2019]. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
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objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe
of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma may
proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Consulted and Invited Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: July 16, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: New York State Museum,
Albany, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The New York State Museum,
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 sacred 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
New York State Museum. 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 New York State Museum at the
address in this notice by September 4,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York
State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education
Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone
(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@
nysed.gov.
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
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items under the control of the New York
State Museum, Albany, NY, that meet
the definition of sacred 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
Item(s)
In 1898, the New York State Museum
acquired five cultural items from
members of the Cayuga Nation. The five
sacred objects are wooden medicine
masks donated by Harriet Maxwell
Converse of New York City, NY.
Museum records indicate the medicine
masks are culturally affiliated with the
Cayuga Nation. One of the medicine
faces was reportedly made in Canada
about 1779 (E–37047). The other four
masks have no additional provenience
information (E–37027, E–37045, E–
37050, E–37603).
Traditional religious leaders of the
Cayuga Nation have identified these five
medicine faces as being needed for the
practice of traditional Native American
religions by present-day adherents.
Museum documentation, supported by
oral evidence presented during
consultation with members of the
Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on
Burial Rules and Regulations, indicates
that these medicine faces are culturally
affiliated with the Cayuga Nation.
Determinations Made by the New York
State Museum
Officials of the New York State
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the five cultural items described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred objects and the
Cayuga Nation.
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
Lisa Anderson, New York State
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Museum, 3049 Cultural Education
Center, Albany, NY 12230 telephone
(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@
nysed.gov, by September 4, 2019. After
that date, if no additional claimants
have come forward, transfer of control
of the sacred objects to the Cayuga
Nation may proceed.
The New York State Museum is
responsible for notifying the Cayuga
Nation; Oneida Nation (previously
listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Oneida Indian Nation
(previously listed as the Oneida Nation
of New York); Onondaga Nation; Saint
Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed
as the St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of
Indians (previously listed as the Seneca
Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga
Nation (previously listed as the SenecaCayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York); and the Tuscarora Nation
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 16, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona 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,
2014. This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals and 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 Arizona State Museum,
University of Arizona. 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.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028455; 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 (Peabody) 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 September 4, 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 four sites in FL.
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 Institute of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba Tribe of
South Carolina); Cherokee Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma were invited to
consult but did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In January 1920, human remains representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed by Fred Alanson Luce and his son Stanley
Eldridge Luce from the Macey Mound (8OR10313) in Orange County, FL.
Luce described the site as located on the Macey farm and the shores of
Lake Butler (actually Lake Tibet-Butler), near the community of Zantee
(a railroad siding and turpentine still that was all but defunct in
1920). The excavations are documented in a 215 page journal prepared by
Fred Luce dated 1940, presumably based on notes taken in the field.
Luce also made photographs, some artifact sketches, and sketch maps and
plans of the excavation, all of which are on file at the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The collection was originally
deposited by Luce at the
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Haverhill Historical Society ``The Buttonwoods,'' but was transferred
to the Peabody in 1995. Examination by physical anthropologists Michael
Gibbon and Harley Erickson found that the human remains represent two
adults of indeterminate sex; four adult males; one adult, possibly
female; and two juveniles of indeterminate sex. No known individuals
were identified. The 1,685 associated funerary objects are one charcoal
sample; one whelk shell columella; one shell bead; one stone plummet;
nine quartz pebbles; three chert bifaces; one sand sample; and 1,668
pottery sherds.
Luce states that the mound was originally eight feet high and
around seven yards in diameter, with a narrow trench connecting the
mound to the lake shore, possibly a linear earthwork (which would not
be uncommon for the area around Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee
River). Luce mentions a great deal of human bone and some artifacts on
the mound surface resulting from the earlier leveling work, and that
the property owners had found one complete pottery vessel during
earlier digging. The mound was constructed from very white sand. The
descriptions of the burials suggest secondary interment, as well as
some considerable disturbance of the mound in the past. Luce describes
at least three burned areas that included human bone, charcoal and
pottery. One of these, found outside the grid, on the east side of the
mound, could be a pottery cache. Most of the burials and other features
were found from near the mound surface to around 40 inches below
surface; it seems that much of the material encountered above 30 inches
had been disturbed in the past, with a few intact burials still
preserved deeper in the mound.
The ceramic inventory from Macey Mound is dominated by spiculate
wares. Based on the pottery, the Macey Mound likely dates to the Late
Woodland Period, circa A.D. 500-1000. Cultural resource management
investigations being conducted at the Macey Mound in 2019 have
identified European artifacts, indicating occupation and use of the
site during the seventeenth century as well.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by W.E. Snyder from a site in Fernandina,
Amelia Island, Nassau County, FL. The Peabody received the human
remains and associated funerary objects from Snyder on October 1, 1890.
Examination of the human remains indicate that they represent one adult
of indeterminate age and sex. No known individual was identified. The
six associated funerary objects are stamped pottery sherds of either
the Lamar or San Marcos series. The presence of the six decorated
pottery sherds, all late types, indicates a date after A.D. 1400,
perhaps as recent as seventeenth or early eighteenth centuries.
In 1903, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed by Clarence B. Moore from an unknown site in Florida. The
catalog entries indicate that the human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from an archeological site in Florida by Moore
during his 1903 expedition to the state, which included explorations in
Calhoun, Citrus, Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jackson,
Lafayette, Levy, Liberty, and Pasco Counties (based on Moore's
fieldnotes at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library). Moore transferred these human remains and funerary
objects to the Phillips Academy Department of Archaeology (now known as
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology) sometime shortly after
its opening in 1903. Physical anthropologist Michael Gibbon identified
the human remains as those of a newborn or infant of indeterminate sex.
No known individual was identified. The three associated funerary
objects are one lot of medium sized shell beads and fragmentary beads,
including one glass bead; one lot of small and medium shell beads and
fragments, including flat, tubular, and round shapes; and one lot of
medium shell beads and fragments, including flat, tubular, and round
beads. The glass bead indicates a date in the sixteenth through
eighteenth century or later.
In 1894, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was
removed by Clarence B. Moore from the Mound near Peter's Creek, Green
Cove Spring, Clay County, FL. Moore transferred these human remains and
funerary objects to the Phillips Academy Department of Archaeology (now
known as the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology) sometime
shortly after its opening in 1903. Moore excavated the Mound near
Peter's Creek (8CL6) in 1894 and reports on it in his 1894 publication,
Certain Sand Mounds of the St. John's River, Florida, Part II. He
describes the site, located near Green Cove Springs, as originally 4
feet high and 60 feet in diameter, and notes that, ``in occasional
pockets of pink sand were many shell beads with human remains.'' A note
in the Peabody accession ledger for Cat. # 40361 reads, ``3\1/2\ feet
down in sand colored pink with hematite, with human remains. Mound near
Peter's Creek.'' The human remains are extremely fragmentary. No known
individual was identified. The one funerary object is one lot of medium
sized shell beads and bead fragments, including flat, tubular, and
round shell beads. Moore mentions that stamped pottery was dominant at
the site, suggesting a St. Johns II period date (A.D. 750 to 1600).
Based on geographical, archeological, oral tradition, and
historical lines of evidence, as well as expert opinion, the Miccosukee
Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood &
Tampa Reservations)); and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma are
culturally affiliated with the human remains from Macey Mound,
Fernandina-Amelia Island, Unknown Florida Site #1, and the Mound near
Peter's Creek.
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 12 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,695 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
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously
listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and The Seminole 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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], by September 4,
2019]. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
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objects to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); and The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 16, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-16686 Filed 8-2-19; 8:45 am]
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