Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Correction, 44045-44046 [2021-17064]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44045-44046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17064]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 
Federal Register on July 30, 2007. 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 Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology. 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology at the address in this notice by September 10, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The human 
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Burlington, 
Gloucester, and Mercer Counties, NJ, and Chester County, PA.
    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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (72 FR 41524-41525, July 30, 2007). 
[The cultural affiliation determinations made in this Notice of 
Inventory Completion were subsequently corrected in the Federal 
Register (73 FR 58625-58626, October 7, 2008, and 77 FR 46120-46121, 
August 2, 2012)]. Following further consultation and inventory review 
with the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin, the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology has determined that the minimum number of 
individuals should be increased by 17 and the number of associated 
funerary objects should be increased by the addition of two previously 
unidentified associated funerary objects and four associated funerary 
objects for which cultural affiliation has now been established. 
Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has not 
occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41524, July 30, 2007), column 3, 
paragraph 1 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    In 1879, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
were recovered from an unknown location in Burlington County, NJ, by 
Michael Newbold during a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
expedition led by C.C. Abbott. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41524, July 30, 2007), column 3, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Osteological characteristics indicate that these individuals are 
Native American.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41524, July 30, 2007), column 3, 
paragraph 5 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    On October 2, 1894, human remains representing a minimum of 12 
individuals were recovered from the Lalor Field site in Trenton, 
Mercer County, NJ, by Ernest Volk during a Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led by Mr. Volk. No known 
individuals were identified. The six associated funerary objects are 
one animal mandible with teeth, one notched stone, three stone 
implements, and one stone gorget. The animal mandible with teeth, 
notched stone, and stone implements were accessioned into the 
museum's collection in 1952 and the stone gorget was accessioned 
into the museum's collection in 1895.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41525, July 30, 2007), column 1, 
paragraph 1, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The polished stone gorget associated with the human remains, as 
well as artifacts recovered from the grave fill but not associated 
with the human remains, including lithic flakes and ceramic sherds, 
support this date.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41525, July 30, 2007), column 1, 
paragraph 2 is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    Between 1894 and 1895, human remains representing a minimum of 
four individuals were recovered from the Lalor Field site in 
Trenton, Mercer County, NJ, by Ernest Volk during a Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led by Mr. Volk. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41525, July 30, 2007), column 1, 
paragraph 3, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The lack of known burials predating the Middle Woodland Period 
in the area of Lalor Field excavated in 1894-1895, the artifacts 
recovered from the grave fill but not associated with the human 
remains, including lithic flakes, bifacial implements and fragments, 
and ceramic sherds, the positioning of the deceased, and the lack of 
associated funerary objects support this date.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41525, July 30, 2007), column 1, 
paragraph 5, the following paragraphs are added at the end of paragraph 
5:

    In 1894, human remains representing a minimum of seven 
individuals were likely recovered from the Lalor Field site in 
Trenton, Mercer County, NJ, by Ernest Volk during a Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led by Mr. Volk. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that these individuals are 
Native American. The

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interments most likely date to the Middle to Late Woodland periods 
(A.D. 0--1500). The lack of known burials predating the Middle 
Woodland Period in the area of Lalor Field excavated in 1894-1895 
supports this date. Archeological evidence, museum documentation, 
and oral histories indicate that the human remains are from an area 
considered to be part of the aboriginal homelands and traditional 
burial areas of the Delaware people.
    Between 1894 and 1895, human remains representing a minimum of 
one individual were recovered from either the Lalor Field site or 
the Lowland site in Trenton, Mercer County, NJ, by Ernest Volk 
during a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led 
by Mr. Volk. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that this individual is 
Native American. The interment most likely dates to the Middle to 
Late Woodland periods (A.D. 0--1500). The lack of known burials 
predating the Middle Woodland Period in the area of Lalor Field 
excavated in 1894-1895 or in the area of the Lowland site excavated 
in 1895 supports this date. Archeological evidence, museum 
documentation, and oral histories indicate that the human remains 
are from an area considered to be part of the aboriginal homelands 
and traditional burial areas of the Delaware people.
    In 1909, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were likely recovered from the A.K. Rowan Farm site in Trenton, 
Mercer County, NJ, by Ernest Volk during a Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led by Mr. Volk. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that this individual is 
Native American. The interment most likely dates to the Late 
Woodland or Contact Periods (900-1700 A.D.). The lack of known 
burials likely predating the Late Woodland Period in the area of the 
A.K. Rowan Farm site excavated in 1909, associated funerary objects 
in known burial contexts from 1909 at the A.K. Rowan Farm site, 
stratigraphic context and burial positioning, and artifacts 
recovered from the grave fill but not associated with human remains 
support this date. Archeological evidence, museum documentation, and 
oral histories indicate that the human remains are from an area 
considered to be part of the aboriginal homelands and traditional 
burial areas of the Delaware people.
    Between 1886 and 1887, human remains representing a minimum of 
three individuals were recovered from an ``Indian Burial Ground'' on 
Lalor Farm in Trenton, Mercer County, NJ, by C.C. Abbott during a 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition led by Dr. 
Abbott. No known individuals were identified. The associated 
funerary objects are two dog teeth and one dog jaw. The dog jaw is 
not in the possession or control of the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that this individual is 
Native American. The interment most likely dates to the Late 
Woodland Period (900-1500 A.D.). Dog burials occur throughout the 
northeastern United States from the Late Archaic through Contact 
Periods (B.C. 4000-1600 A.D.) both independently and accompanying 
human burials. In the Delaware Valley and other areas historically 
inhabited by the Delaware people, dog burials in association with 
human remains are most frequent in the Late Woodland Period. The 
placement of the remains of a dog with the three individuals in this 
burial supports this date. Archeological evidence, museum 
documentation, and oral histories indicate that the human remains 
are from an area considered to be part of the aboriginal homelands 
and traditional burial areas of the Delaware people.
    Between 1892 and 1894, human remains representing a minimum of 
one individual were recovered from the Dutch Trader's House site on 
Burlington Island in Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey, by 
C.C. Abbott. No known individuals were identified. The four 
associated funerary objects are one cattle bone and three fragments 
of white-tailed deer bones.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that this individual is 
Native American. This interment most likely dates to the Contact or 
Historic period (post-A.D. 1500) and the associated funerary objects 
recovered with the human remains support this date. Archeological 
evidence, museum documentation, and oral histories indicate that the 
human remains are from an area considered to be part of the 
aboriginal homelands and traditional burial areas of the Delaware 
people.

    In the Federal Register (72 FR 41525, July 30, 2007), column 2, 
paragraph 1, sentences 1 and 2 are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains 
described in this notice represent the physical remains of 36 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 22 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 Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email 
[email protected], by September 10, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Delaware Nation, 
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 
is responsible for notifying the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 
Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 28, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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