Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM, 48554-48556 [2020-17486]
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cranial vault (frontal, left and right
parietal partial occipital bones), and
belong to a male 40–50 years old. No
known individual was identified. The
32 associated funerary objects are 28
potsherds, three lithic implements, and
one ceramic disk or gaming piece. The
presence of pottery suggests a
Woodland/Mississippian date for the
human remains.
Geographical, oral traditional, and
archeological information, in addition to
the known historical presence of the
Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the area
encompassing the State of Alabama,
support a relationship of shared group
identity which can be reasonably traced
between the present-day Muscogee
(Creek) Nation and the pre-contact
confederacy known as the Lower
Creeks, who established Etulwas (tribal
towns) along the Chattahoochee River in
the region of present-day Lee County.
Determinations Made by the Bruce
Museum, Inc.
Officials of the Bruce Museum, Inc.
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 32 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
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 Kirsten J. Reinhardt,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum
Inc.,1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT
06830, telephone (914) 671–9321, email
kreinhardt@brucemuseum.org, by
September 10, 2020. 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 Bruce Museum, Inc. is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
Denver, CO, and U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Denver Museum of
Nature & Science and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest (USFS Gila
National Forest) have completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and have 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 Denver Museum of Nature
& Science. 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 Denver Museum of Nature
& Science at the address in this notice
by September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Stephen E. Nash, Director of
Anthropology and Senior Curator of
Archaeology, Denver Museum of Nature
& Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver,
CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–6056,
email Stephen.Nash@dmns.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
SUMMARY:
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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, some of which are
under the control of the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science, Denver,
CO, and some of which are under the
control of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, Silver City, NM. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Catron
County, NM. The human remains of 49
individuals and 30 associated funerary
objects were removed from private
lands, and the human remains of five
individuals were removed from Federal
land belonging to the Gila National
Forest.
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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; and the
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1977 and 1993, human
remains representing, at minimum, 54
individuals were removed from LA 3009
(a.k.a. the W.S. Ranch Site), LA 33704
(a.k.a. the Eva Faust Site), WS–5 (no
known LA number), LA 29372 (a.k.a.
WS–17 and HO Bar Site), LA 2949
(a.k.a. Apache Creek Pueblo), and LA
4437 (a.k.a. Devil’s Park Pueblo) in
Catron County, NM, during excavations
by the University of Texas at Austin,
under the direction of Dr. James Neely.
Following excavation, these human
remains and associated funerary objects
were curated at the Texas
Archaeological Research Laboratory
(TARL) in Austin, TX. Since 2017, the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
(DMNS) has had possession of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed during the excavations
from private lands, and has had custody
of the human remains removed during
the excavations from Federal land
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belonging to the Gila National Forest.
No known individuals were identified.
Site number LA 3099 (a.k.a. the WS
Ranch Site, McKeen Site, and NM 5:9:2)
is located on both private lands and
Federal land belonging to the Gila
National Forest. Made up of at least six
masonry room blocks that surround two
or more great kivas, arranged around a
possible plaza, it was excavated by the
University of Texas from 1977 to 1993.
The human remains of 45 individuals
and 30 associated funerary objects were
collected from private lands belonging
to the WS Ranch Site, and the human
remains of one individual were
collected from Federal land belonging to
the Gila National Forest. The 30
associated funerary objects are three
bone tools, eight chipped stone tools,
two ground stone tools, two
miscellaneous stone objects, three
whole ceramic vessels, four cloth
fragments, one twine fragment, one hide
fragment, one shell bracelet, three
shells, one matrix sample, and one
pigment sample. Based upon material
culture, architecture, and site
organization, this site has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon
pithouse and pueblo community that
was occupied ca. A.D. 600–1300.
Site number LA 33704 (a.k.a. the Eva
Faust Site) is located on private lands.
A Late Pithouse (A.D. 600–1000) to
early Pueblo (A.D. 1000–1175) Reserve/
Three Circle Phase site, it was partially
excavated by the University of Texas in
1986. The human remains of one
individual were collected from LA
33704. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization, the
site has been identified as an Upland
Mogollon pithouse and pueblo
community that was occupied ca. A.D.
600–1175.
The WS–5 site is located on private
lands. It was heavily damaged in the
1970s by looters, whose bulldozer cuts
exposed the central masonry room block
of a purported early Pueblo structure.
The human remains of two individuals
were recovered in 1986. Based on
material culture, architecture, and site
organization, this site has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon
pueblo community that was occupied
ca. A.D. 1000–1175.
WS–17 (a.k.a. LA29372, the HO BAR
site) is located on private lands. It is a
Late Archaic/Early Pithouse period site.
The human remains of one individual
were collected. Based upon material
culture, architecture, and site
organization, the site has been identified
as an Upland Mogollon pithouse
community that was occupied ca. A.D.
600–1175.
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LA2949 (a.k.a. Apache Creek Pueblo)
is located on Federal land belonging to
the Gila National Forest. It is an Early/
Late Pueblo site containing numerous
room blocks and a kiva component. The
human remains of two individuals were
collected. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization,
Apache Creek Pueblo has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon
pueblo community that was occupied
ca. A.D. 1100–1250.
LA4437 (a.k.a. Devil’s Park Pueblo) is
located on Federal land belonging to the
Gila National Forest. It is an Early
Pueblo site containing visible masonry
room blocks and a kiva. The human
remains of two individuals were
collected. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization,
Devil’s Park Pueblo has been identified
as an Upland Mogollon pueblo
community that was occupied ca. A.D.
1100–1175.
Archeologists have used the term
Upland Mogollon to define the
archeological complex represented by
the sites described in this notice.
Material culture characteristics of these
traditions include a temporal
progression from earlier pit houses to
later masonry pueblos, villages
organized in room blocks of contiguous
dwellings and associated with plazas,
rectangular kivas, polished and painted
decorated ceramics, unpainted
corrugated ceramics, inhumation
burials, cradleboard cranial
deformation, grooved stone axes, and
bone artifacts. Archeologists have
observed strong similarities between
these archeological groups and presentday Puebloan Tribes. The similarities in
ceramic traditions, burial practices,
architectural forms, and settlement
patterns have led archeologists to
believe the prehistoric inhabitants of the
Mogollon Rim region migrated north
and west to the Hopi mesas and north
and east to the Zuni River Valley.
Certain objects found in Upland
Mogollon archeological sites strongly
resemble ritual paraphernalia used by
Puebloan Tribes in continuing religious
practices.
Based on their material culture,
architecture, and organizational
structure, WS Ranch Site, Eva Faust
Site, WS–5, WS–17, Apache Creek
Pueblo, and Devil’s Park Pueblo have
been identified as Upland Mogollon
masonry pueblo and pithouse
complexes that were occupied between
ca. A.D. 200 and 1300. Continuities
between ethnographic and archeological
materials, Native American oral
traditions, geography, and expert
opinion, support the determination by
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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and the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Gila National Forest, that
the 54 individuals and 30 associated
funerary objects in this notice are
culturally affiliated with all 24 Puebloan
tribes in the American Southwest.
Determinations Made by the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 54
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 30 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 Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Kewa
Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed
as Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously
listed as Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously listed
as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and
the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico (hereafter referred to as
‘‘The 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 Stephen E. Nash, Director
of Anthropology and Senior Curator of
Archaeology, Denver Museum of Nature
& Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver,
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CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–6056,
email Stephen.Nash@dmns.org, by
September 10, 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 Denver Museum of Nature &
Science and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest are responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce
Museum Inc., Greenwich, CT
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Bruce Museum has
completed an inventory of human
remains, 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 should submit
a written request to the Bruce Museum.
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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Bruce Museum at the
address in this notice by September 10,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Kirsten J. Reinhardt,
NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce Museum
Inc., 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT
06830, telephone (914) 671–9321, email
kreinhardt@brucemuseum.org.
SUMMARY:
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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 under the control of
the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT. The
human remains were removed from the
Shorakapock Site in Inwood Hill Park,
New York County, NY.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Bruce
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Around 1930, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from the
Shorakapock Site in Inwood Hill Park,
New York County, NY. The human
remains are believed to have been
removed by Charles L. Howes, whose
brother was Bruce Museum curator Paul
G. Howes. A Bruce Museum accession
card referencing a donation by Charles
Howes to the museum in 1930 states,
‘‘Colonial relics, bullets, buttons, etc.
from a dump at Inwood Hill Park, NY.
Near Indian shell heap.’’ Human
remains consisting of a cranial vault
(I.01535.01) belong to a female 20–30
years old. These human remains were
varnished and stabilized with copper
wire in the Bruce Museum laboratory by
curator Paul G. Howes. Human remains
consisting of two mandible fragments
with dentition, three maxillary
fragments with dentition (one of them a
shovel-shaped incisor), five loose teeth,
one loose root, and six small cranium
fragments (I.01535.02) belong to an
adult male of unknown age. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were determined to
be Native American by Connecticut
State Archaeologist, Nicholas
Bellantoni, who with Ed Sarabia,
Tlingit, Indian Affairs Coordinator,
Connecticut Commission on Indian
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Affairs; performed a skeletal and
dentition analysis on October 25, 1995.
Although the exact date or pre-contact
period associated with this site is
unknown, as no reliable temporal
indictors were recovered or recorded,
the Shorakapock site is well
documented in the New York
archeological and historical literature.
Records from 17th and 18th century
documents indicate at least five
settlements may been located within or
near the Inwood Hill Park vicinity.
According to The Cultural Landscape
Foundation, the site was inhabited by
the Lenape tribe through the
seventeenth century and was farmed by
European settlers during the 17th and
18th centuries. In the 1930s, Works
Progress Administration workers built
or paved many of the roads at the site,
often following earlier circulation
patterns, and in 1954, a boulder and
plaque were placed on the former
location of a historic tulip tree under
which Peter Minuit reportedly
purchased Manhattan from the Lenape.
Geographical, oral traditional, and
historical information support a
relationship of shared group identity
which can be reasonably traced between
the present-day Delaware Nation,
Delaware Tribe of Indians, and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, and
the pre-contact Eastern Lenni Lenape
who inhabited Manhattan Island, New
York County, New York, including the
Shorakapock site in Inwood Hill Park, at
the northernmost tip of the island.
Determinations Made by the Bruce
Museum Inc.
Officials of the Bruce Museum Inc.
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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 The 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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request Kirsten J.
Reinhardt, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bruce
Museum Inc., 1 Museum Drive,
Greenwich, CT 06830, telephone (914)
671–9321, email kreinhardt@
brucemuseum.org, by September 10,
2020. After that date, if no additional
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030596; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest (USFS Gila
National Forest) have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have 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
Denver Museum of Nature & Science. 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 Denver Museum of Nature & Science at the
address in this notice by September 10, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Stephen E. Nash, Director of Anthropology and Senior Curator
of Archaeology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370-6056, 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, some of which are under the control of the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, and some of which are
under the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Gila National Forest, Silver City, NM. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Catron County, NM. The
human remains of 49 individuals and 30 associated funerary objects were
removed from private lands, and the human remains of five individuals
were removed from Federal land belonging to the Gila National Forest.
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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1977 and 1993, human remains representing, at minimum, 54
individuals were removed from LA 3009 (a.k.a. the W.S. Ranch Site), LA
33704 (a.k.a. the Eva Faust Site), WS-5 (no known LA number), LA 29372
(a.k.a. WS-17 and HO Bar Site), LA 2949 (a.k.a. Apache Creek Pueblo),
and LA 4437 (a.k.a. Devil's Park Pueblo) in Catron County, NM, during
excavations by the University of Texas at Austin, under the direction
of Dr. James Neely. Following excavation, these human remains and
associated funerary objects were curated at the Texas Archaeological
Research Laboratory (TARL) in Austin, TX. Since 2017, the Denver Museum
of Nature & Science (DMNS) has had possession of the human remains and
associated funerary objects removed during the excavations from private
lands, and has had custody of the human remains removed during the
excavations from Federal land
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belonging to the Gila National Forest. No known individuals were
identified.
Site number LA 3099 (a.k.a. the WS Ranch Site, McKeen Site, and NM
5:9:2) is located on both private lands and Federal land belonging to
the Gila National Forest. Made up of at least six masonry room blocks
that surround two or more great kivas, arranged around a possible
plaza, it was excavated by the University of Texas from 1977 to 1993.
The human remains of 45 individuals and 30 associated funerary objects
were collected from private lands belonging to the WS Ranch Site, and
the human remains of one individual were collected from Federal land
belonging to the Gila National Forest. The 30 associated funerary
objects are three bone tools, eight chipped stone tools, two ground
stone tools, two miscellaneous stone objects, three whole ceramic
vessels, four cloth fragments, one twine fragment, one hide fragment,
one shell bracelet, three shells, one matrix sample, and one pigment
sample. Based upon material culture, architecture, and site
organization, this site has been identified as an Upland Mogollon
pithouse and pueblo community that was occupied ca. A.D. 600-1300.
Site number LA 33704 (a.k.a. the Eva Faust Site) is located on
private lands. A Late Pithouse (A.D. 600-1000) to early Pueblo (A.D.
1000-1175) Reserve/Three Circle Phase site, it was partially excavated
by the University of Texas in 1986. The human remains of one individual
were collected from LA 33704. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization, the site has been identified as an
Upland Mogollon pithouse and pueblo community that was occupied ca.
A.D. 600-1175.
The WS-5 site is located on private lands. It was heavily damaged
in the 1970s by looters, whose bulldozer cuts exposed the central
masonry room block of a purported early Pueblo structure. The human
remains of two individuals were recovered in 1986. Based on material
culture, architecture, and site organization, this site has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon pueblo community that was occupied ca.
A.D. 1000-1175.
WS-17 (a.k.a. LA29372, the HO BAR site) is located on private
lands. It is a Late Archaic/Early Pithouse period site. The human
remains of one individual were collected. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization, the site has been identified as an
Upland Mogollon pithouse community that was occupied ca. A.D. 600-1175.
LA2949 (a.k.a. Apache Creek Pueblo) is located on Federal land
belonging to the Gila National Forest. It is an Early/Late Pueblo site
containing numerous room blocks and a kiva component. The human remains
of two individuals were collected. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization, Apache Creek Pueblo has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon pueblo community that was occupied ca.
A.D. 1100-1250.
LA4437 (a.k.a. Devil's Park Pueblo) is located on Federal land
belonging to the Gila National Forest. It is an Early Pueblo site
containing visible masonry room blocks and a kiva. The human remains of
two individuals were collected. Based upon material culture,
architecture, and site organization, Devil's Park Pueblo has been
identified as an Upland Mogollon pueblo community that was occupied ca.
A.D. 1100-1175.
Archeologists have used the term Upland Mogollon to define the
archeological complex represented by the sites described in this
notice. Material culture characteristics of these traditions include a
temporal progression from earlier pit houses to later masonry pueblos,
villages organized in room blocks of contiguous dwellings and
associated with plazas, rectangular kivas, polished and painted
decorated ceramics, unpainted corrugated ceramics, inhumation burials,
cradleboard cranial deformation, grooved stone axes, and bone
artifacts. Archeologists have observed strong similarities between
these archeological groups and present-day Puebloan Tribes. The
similarities in ceramic traditions, burial practices, architectural
forms, and settlement patterns have led archeologists to believe the
prehistoric inhabitants of the Mogollon Rim region migrated north and
west to the Hopi mesas and north and east to the Zuni River Valley.
Certain objects found in Upland Mogollon archeological sites strongly
resemble ritual paraphernalia used by Puebloan Tribes in continuing
religious practices.
Based on their material culture, architecture, and organizational
structure, WS Ranch Site, Eva Faust Site, WS-5, WS-17, Apache Creek
Pueblo, and Devil's Park Pueblo have been identified as Upland Mogollon
masonry pueblo and pithouse complexes that were occupied between ca.
A.D. 200 and 1300. Continuities between ethnographic and archeological
materials, Native American oral traditions, geography, and expert
opinion, support the determination by the Denver Museum of Nature &
Science and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila
National Forest, that the 54 individuals and 30 associated funerary
objects in this notice are culturally affiliated with all 24 Puebloan
tribes in the American Southwest.
Determinations Made by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest
Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 54 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 30 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 Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed as Pueblo
of Santo Domingo); Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as
Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously
listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter referred to as ``The 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 Stephen E. Nash, Director of Anthropology and
Senior Curator of Archaeology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001
Colorado Blvd., Denver,
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CO 80205, telephone (303) 370-6056, email [email protected], by
September 10, 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 Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Gila National Forest are responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 7, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-17486 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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