Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN, 55489-55490 [2020-19694]
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remains with which the three bowls are
associated are in the control and
possession of the Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago, IL. No known
individuals were identified. The
associated funerary objects are these
three ceramic bowls.
Chevelon was occupied from around
A.D. 1250 until 1450. According to
documentation from the Field Museum
of Natural History, the bowl from
Chevelon (73363) was excavated from
grave 80. The bowl is black-on-yellow
with geometric designs on the inside
and outside of the bowl.
Homolovi I was occupied from
around A.D. 1285 to 1390. According to
documentation from the Field Museum
of Natural History, the bowl from
Homolovi I (73404) was excavated from
grave 29. The bowl is black-on-orange
with a geometric design on the inside of
the bowl.
Homolovi II was occupied from
around A.D. 1350 to 1400. According to
documentation from the Field Museum
of Natural History, the bowl from
Homolovi II (73531) was excavated from
grave 13. The bowl is black-on-white
bowl with geometric designs on the
inside and outside of the bowl.
Determinations Made by Princeton
University
Officials of Princeton University have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the three objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
• 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 associated
funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
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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 associated funerary objects
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art
Museum, Princeton, NJ 08544,
telephone (609) 258–8805, email bjust@
princeton.edu, by October 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 Hopi Tribe of
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico may proceed.
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Princeton University is responsible
for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this
notice has been published.
Dated: June 18, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes. Representatives of any
Indian Tribe 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 TVA. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
Tribe stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Tribe 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 TVA at the address in
this notice by October 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher,
Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville
TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
7458, email tomaher@tva.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville,
TN, and stored at the McClung Museum
of Natural History and Culture (MM) at
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
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TN. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were excavated from
site 40BN77, also known as the
McDaniel archeological site, in Benton
County, TN.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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 TVA professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage
Nation (previously listed as Osage
Tribe); The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Site 40BN77 was excavated as part of
TVA’s Kentucky Reservoir project by
the University of Tennessee, using labor
and funds provided by the Works
Progress Administration. Details
regarding these excavations have not
been published. A field report by
Douglas Osborn regarding this site can
be found at the MM and TVA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects listed in this notice have been in
the physical custody of the University of
Tennessee since excavation, but they are
under the control of the TVA.
From June to August 1941, human
remains representing, at minimum, 21
individuals were removed from site
40BN77, in Benton County, TN. These
human remains represent seven females,
two males, and 12 individuals of
undeterminable sex. They represent
primarily adults. No known individuals
were identified. The 116 associated
funerary objects include five antler
adzes, one antler projectile point, four
bone awls, two blades, 39 animal bones,
two animal mandibles, one ceramic
sherd, three dog burials, two drills, 10
projectile points, two samples of red
ochre, and 45 fragments of a turtle shell
pendant.
Excavation at 40BN77 commenced
after TVA had acquired the land on
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September 26, 1940. Douglas Osborne
did not intend to do large scale
excavations at 40BN77, and therefore
did not excavate test trenches before
opening excavation squares. Two strata
were defined below the plow zone.
Osborne indicates that ‘‘Stratum I was a
dark red brown to black humic band
varying around one foot, but rather more
than less, in thickness.’’ Stratum II was
not as thick. Osborne describe it as
‘‘. . . a thinned mixture of Stratum I.’’
In his 2014 dissertation, Thaddeus
Bissett presented two radiocarbon dates
from this site, 4474 ± 66 BP and 4243
± 90 BP. According to Bissett, the
available evidence indicates that the
primary occupation was from the Late
Archaic to the Early Woodland.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on their
presence in a prehistoric archeological
site and osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 21
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 116 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
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• The Treaty of October 19, 1818,
indicates that the land from which the
cultural items were removed is the
aboriginal land of The Chickasaw
Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to The Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the
Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed
to transfer control of the associated
funerary objects to The Chickasaw
Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe
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. Thomas O. Maher,
Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
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Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville,
TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632–
7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, by
October 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 Chickasaw Nation may
proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 3, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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In accordance with the
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seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1) and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030725; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Tennessee Valley Authority,
Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, and has determined
that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes.
Representatives of any Indian Tribe 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 TVA.
If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribe
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe 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 TVA at the address in this
notice by October 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West
Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville TN 37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-
7458, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Tennessee Valley
Authority, Knoxville, TN, and stored at the McClung Museum of Natural
History and Culture (MM) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were excavated from
site 40BN77, also known as the McDaniel archeological site, in Benton
County, TN.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 TVA professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Cherokee Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe);
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Site 40BN77 was excavated as part of TVA's Kentucky Reservoir
project by the University of Tennessee, using labor and funds provided
by the Works Progress Administration. Details regarding these
excavations have not been published. A field report by Douglas Osborn
regarding this site can be found at the MM and TVA. The human remains
and associated funerary objects listed in this notice have been in the
physical custody of the University of Tennessee since excavation, but
they are under the control of the TVA.
From June to August 1941, human remains representing, at minimum,
21 individuals were removed from site 40BN77, in Benton County, TN.
These human remains represent seven females, two males, and 12
individuals of undeterminable sex. They represent primarily adults. No
known individuals were identified. The 116 associated funerary objects
include five antler adzes, one antler projectile point, four bone awls,
two blades, 39 animal bones, two animal mandibles, one ceramic sherd,
three dog burials, two drills, 10 projectile points, two samples of red
ochre, and 45 fragments of a turtle shell pendant.
Excavation at 40BN77 commenced after TVA had acquired the land on
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September 26, 1940. Douglas Osborne did not intend to do large scale
excavations at 40BN77, and therefore did not excavate test trenches
before opening excavation squares. Two strata were defined below the
plow zone. Osborne indicates that ``Stratum I was a dark red brown to
black humic band varying around one foot, but rather more than less, in
thickness.'' Stratum II was not as thick. Osborne describe it as ``. .
. a thinned mixture of Stratum I.''
In his 2014 dissertation, Thaddeus Bissett presented two
radiocarbon dates from this site, 4474 66 BP and 4243
90 BP. According to Bissett, the available evidence
indicates that the primary occupation was from the Late Archaic to the
Early Woodland.
Determinations Made by the Tennessee Valley Authority
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on their presence in a
prehistoric archeological site and osteological analysis.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 116 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 cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
The Treaty of October 19, 1818, indicates that the land
from which the cultural items were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Chickasaw Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), the Tennessee Valley
Authority has agreed to transfer control of the associated funerary
objects to The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe 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. Thomas O. Maher, Tennessee
Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, TN
37902-1401, telephone (865) 632-7458, email [email protected], by October
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 Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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