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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History, Norman, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History at the
University of Oklahoma 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
organization, 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History. If no
additional requesters 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: 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History at the
address in this notice by January 8,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate
Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History,
University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994,
email mlevine@ou.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
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, Norman, OK. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from McIntosh
and Wagoner Counties, OK.
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 Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
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professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma and the Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
From 1973 to 1976, human remains
representing, at minimum, 17
individuals were removed from the
Plantation site (34Mi63) in McIntosh
County, OK. The site was recorded by
the Oklahoma Archeological Survey in
1973 as a part of a survey along
Highway 69. Excavations were carried
out by the Oklahoma Highway
Archeological Survey in 1975, and the
associated materials were subsequently
turned over to the Museum. The human
remains include the mostly complete
skeleton of one young adult male, 25–
35 years old; the partial skeletons of
four adults—one female, two males, and
one adult of indeterminate sex—all over
20 years old; and fragmentary skeletons
of one adult female over 20 years old;
two middle adult males, 35–50 years
old; five adults of indeterminate sex, all
over 20 years old; one adolescent, 12–
20 years old; and three children, 2–7
years old. No known individuals were
identified. The 824 associated funerary
objects include two charcoal samples,
71 faunal bone fragments, two stone
biface fragments, two stone core
fragments, 586 stone flakes, two stone
projectile points, one stone scraper, four
fire cracked rocks, seven stone beads, 96
groundstone fragments, three
unmodified sandstone fragments, five
daub fragments, 36 ceramic sherds, one
reconstructed Williams Plain ceramic
vessel, and six soil samples.
Diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon
dates associated with the Plantation site
(34Mi63) burials indicate interment
during the Mississippian Period,
specifically the local Harlan through
Spiro phases (A.D. 1100–1450).
Between 1933–1935 and 1947–1948,
human remains representing, at
minimum, 83 individuals were removed
from the Norman site (34Wg2) in
Wagoner County, OK. Beginning in
1933, this site, which includes multiple
mounds and a habitation area, was
excavated three times under the
auspices of the University of Oklahoma
and with the support of the Works
Progress Administration and the
Civilian Works Administration. Further
excavations were conducted in 1948 as
a cooperative project between the
University of Oklahoma, the
Smithsonian River Basin Surveys, and
the Tulsa District of the U.S., Corps of
Engineers before the construction of the
Fort Gibson Reservoir, which
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subsequently flooded most of the site.
The associated materials from the site
were turned over to the Museum after
each excavation season. The human
remains include the complete skeletons
of two adult females, 20–35 years old;
one adult female, 35–50 years old; and
one adult male, 20–35 years old. Partial
skeletons include one infant, 1–3 years
old; three children, 2–12 years old; one
adolescent, 15–20 years old; one adult
female over 20 years old; two adult
females, 20–35 years; four adult females,
35–50 years old; three adults of
indeterminate sex, one adult 20–35
years old and two adults 35–50 years
old; two adult males over 20 years old;
two adult males, 20–35 years old; six
adult males, 35–50 years old; one adult
male over 50 years old; five adults of
indeterminate sex, each over 20 years
old. Fragmentary skeletons include one
adult female over 20 years old; two
adult females, 20–35 years old; one
adult female, 35–50 years old; one adult
female over 50 years old; two adult
males over 20 years old; two adult
males, 20–35 years old; four adult
males, 35–50 years old; eleven adults of
indeterminate sex, each over 20 years
old; three adolescents, 12–20 years old;
ten children, 2–12 years old; and seven
infants, each less than 3 years old. The
human remains also include
commingled human remains of three
individuals discovered among isolated
finds and the partial skeleton of an adult
of indeterminate sex, over 20 years old.
No known individuals were identified.
The 1,590 associated funerary objects
are three charcoal samples, 87 faunal
bone fragments, nine chipped stone
flakes, five stone bifaces, 32 stone
projectile points, one stone scraper, two
stone celts, 12 stone copper-covered ear
spools, two decorated stone ear spools,
one gray stone ear spool, one mano, one
stone pipe, one unmodified sandstone
block, two stone abraders, six ochre
samples, one stone effigy pipe, three
unmodified rocks, one quartzite rock,
two copper bodkins (pins), one copper
plate with raptor motif, one copper plate
fragment with cross and bird motif, one
clay bead, 80 decorated ceramic vessels,
311 ceramic decorated sherd fragments,
18 undecorated ceramic vessels, three
partially reconstructed undecorated
ceramic vessels with 19 associated
sherds, 806 undecorated ceramic sherds,
one ceramic pipe, three green clay
samples, seven clay samples, 12
unidentified fired clay fragments, 76
seeds, 26 shell beads, one shell
ornament, 30 shell fragments, one
sample of burial matrix, two textile
fragments, six cedar wood beads, six
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wood bodkins, and seven wood
fragments.
Diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon
dates associated with the burials from
the Norman site indicate interment
during the Mississippian Period,
specifically the local Harlan and
Norman phases (A.D. 1100–1350).
In 1975, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Mathews site
(34Mi71) in McIntosh County, OK. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were discovered eroding from
the ground surface, and were collected
by the Oklahoma Archeological Survey.
All of the cultural materials were
subsequently transferred to the
Museum. The human remains include
the fragmentary skeletons of two adults
of indeterminate sex, 17–30 years old.
No known individuals were identified.
The four associated funerary objects are
four faunal bone fragments. The
Mathews site includes several precontact components, from the Late
Archaic Period (1500–300 B.C.) through
the Mississippian Period (A.D. 1000–
1500). The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
probably interred during the latter
period.
All of the human remains detailed in
this notice were determined to be Native
American based on their archeological
context and collection history.
Furthermore, all of the human remains
and associated funerary objects were
most likely buried during the
Mississippian Period (A.D. 1000–1500).
Diagnostic artifacts from these sites (e.g.,
ceramics, chipped stone, ground stone,
shell, ornaments) are consistent with
cultural patterns in the Arkansas River
Valley. The archeological data, together
with ethnohistoric data, ethnographic
data, and tribal oral histories, support
the finding that the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
can be culturally affiliated with the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 102
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 2,418 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
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later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and The
Tribes.
Additional Requesters 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. Marc Levine,
Associate Curator of Archaeology, Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History, University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994,
email mlevine@ou.edu, by January 8,
2020. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, Norman, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the
University of Oklahoma has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organization, 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
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. If no additional
requesters 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: 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History at the
address in this notice by January 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone (405) 325-1994,
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 Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from McIntosh and Wagoner Counties, OK.
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 Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and
the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
From 1973 to 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, 17
individuals were removed from the Plantation site (34Mi63) in McIntosh
County, OK. The site was recorded by the Oklahoma Archeological Survey
in 1973 as a part of a survey along Highway 69. Excavations were
carried out by the Oklahoma Highway Archeological Survey in 1975, and
the associated materials were subsequently turned over to the Museum.
The human remains include the mostly complete skeleton of one young
adult male, 25-35 years old; the partial skeletons of four adults--one
female, two males, and one adult of indeterminate sex--all over 20
years old; and fragmentary skeletons of one adult female over 20 years
old; two middle adult males, 35-50 years old; five adults of
indeterminate sex, all over 20 years old; one adolescent, 12-20 years
old; and three children, 2-7 years old. No known individuals were
identified. The 824 associated funerary objects include two charcoal
samples, 71 faunal bone fragments, two stone biface fragments, two
stone core fragments, 586 stone flakes, two stone projectile points,
one stone scraper, four fire cracked rocks, seven stone beads, 96
groundstone fragments, three unmodified sandstone fragments, five daub
fragments, 36 ceramic sherds, one reconstructed Williams Plain ceramic
vessel, and six soil samples.
Diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon dates associated with the
Plantation site (34Mi63) burials indicate interment during the
Mississippian Period, specifically the local Harlan through Spiro
phases (A.D. 1100-1450).
Between 1933-1935 and 1947-1948, human remains representing, at
minimum, 83 individuals were removed from the Norman site (34Wg2) in
Wagoner County, OK. Beginning in 1933, this site, which includes
multiple mounds and a habitation area, was excavated three times under
the auspices of the University of Oklahoma and with the support of the
Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Works Administration.
Further excavations were conducted in 1948 as a cooperative project
between the University of Oklahoma, the Smithsonian River Basin
Surveys, and the Tulsa District of the U.S., Corps of Engineers before
the construction of the Fort Gibson Reservoir, which
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subsequently flooded most of the site. The associated materials from
the site were turned over to the Museum after each excavation season.
The human remains include the complete skeletons of two adult females,
20-35 years old; one adult female, 35-50 years old; and one adult male,
20-35 years old. Partial skeletons include one infant, 1-3 years old;
three children, 2-12 years old; one adolescent, 15-20 years old; one
adult female over 20 years old; two adult females, 20-35 years; four
adult females, 35-50 years old; three adults of indeterminate sex, one
adult 20-35 years old and two adults 35-50 years old; two adult males
over 20 years old; two adult males, 20-35 years old; six adult males,
35-50 years old; one adult male over 50 years old; five adults of
indeterminate sex, each over 20 years old. Fragmentary skeletons
include one adult female over 20 years old; two adult females, 20-35
years old; one adult female, 35-50 years old; one adult female over 50
years old; two adult males over 20 years old; two adult males, 20-35
years old; four adult males, 35-50 years old; eleven adults of
indeterminate sex, each over 20 years old; three adolescents, 12-20
years old; ten children, 2-12 years old; and seven infants, each less
than 3 years old. The human remains also include commingled human
remains of three individuals discovered among isolated finds and the
partial skeleton of an adult of indeterminate sex, over 20 years old.
No known individuals were identified. The 1,590 associated funerary
objects are three charcoal samples, 87 faunal bone fragments, nine
chipped stone flakes, five stone bifaces, 32 stone projectile points,
one stone scraper, two stone celts, 12 stone copper-covered ear spools,
two decorated stone ear spools, one gray stone ear spool, one mano, one
stone pipe, one unmodified sandstone block, two stone abraders, six
ochre samples, one stone effigy pipe, three unmodified rocks, one
quartzite rock, two copper bodkins (pins), one copper plate with raptor
motif, one copper plate fragment with cross and bird motif, one clay
bead, 80 decorated ceramic vessels, 311 ceramic decorated sherd
fragments, 18 undecorated ceramic vessels, three partially
reconstructed undecorated ceramic vessels with 19 associated sherds,
806 undecorated ceramic sherds, one ceramic pipe, three green clay
samples, seven clay samples, 12 unidentified fired clay fragments, 76
seeds, 26 shell beads, one shell ornament, 30 shell fragments, one
sample of burial matrix, two textile fragments, six cedar wood beads,
six wood bodkins, and seven wood fragments.
Diagnostic artifacts and radiocarbon dates associated with the
burials from the Norman site indicate interment during the
Mississippian Period, specifically the local Harlan and Norman phases
(A.D. 1100-1350).
In 1975, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from the Mathews site (34Mi71) in McIntosh County, OK. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were discovered eroding
from the ground surface, and were collected by the Oklahoma
Archeological Survey. All of the cultural materials were subsequently
transferred to the Museum. The human remains include the fragmentary
skeletons of two adults of indeterminate sex, 17-30 years old. No known
individuals were identified. The four associated funerary objects are
four faunal bone fragments. The Mathews site includes several pre-
contact components, from the Late Archaic Period (1500-300 B.C.)
through the Mississippian Period (A.D. 1000-1500). The human remains
and associated funerary objects were probably interred during the
latter period.
All of the human remains detailed in this notice were determined to
be Native American based on their archeological context and collection
history. Furthermore, all of the human remains and associated funerary
objects were most likely buried during the Mississippian Period (A.D.
1000-1500). Diagnostic artifacts from these sites (e.g., ceramics,
chipped stone, ground stone, shell, ornaments) are consistent with
cultural patterns in the Arkansas River Valley. The archeological data,
together with ethnohistoric data, ethnographic data, and tribal oral
histories, support the finding that the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice can be culturally affiliated with the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
Officials of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 102 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,418 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), a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Tribes.
Additional Requesters 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. Marc Levine, Associate Curator of
Archaeology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University
of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, telephone
(405) 325-1994, email [email protected], by January 8, 2020. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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