Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA, 54524-54525 [2022-19168]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034448;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology 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 October 6, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, 180 Main
Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone
(978) 749–4490, email rwheeler@
andover.edu.
SUMMARY:
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 Moundville, Hale
County, Hale County (near Moundville),
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and Foster’s Ferry in Hale and
Tuscaloosa Counties, AL.
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 Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of
Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
In 1905 and 1906, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
Moundville (01–TU–0500) in Hale and
Tuscaloosa Counties, AL, by C.B.
Moore. Moore sent some objects from
his excavations, which he referred to as
‘‘duplicates,’’ to Warren K. Moorehead
at the Department of Archaeology at
Phillips Academy (now the Peabody
Institute). Moorehead retained most of
the objects sent to the Peabody Institute,
but also traded some to other
institutions. In 1920, Moorehead
transferred ancestral human remains
and funerary objects from Moundville to
an institution in ‘‘Bangor, Maine’’; the
exact institution is unclear. In 1997, the
ancestral humans remains were
returned to the Peabody Institute. The
fragmentary human remains belong to a
juvenile of indeterminate sex. No
known individual was identified. The
753 associated funerary objects are 20
ground stone discs and fragments, 20
ceramic discs, 483 ceramic sherds, two
bone perforators, five celts, seven
hammerstones, 23 ceramic vessels, 12
bifaces, 96 fragments of debitage, two
ceramic figurine fragments, six faunal
bone fragments, two pieces of galena, 66
shell beads, two chunks of hematite,
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five modified stones, one scraper, and
one cast of a monolithic axe.
The human remains and funerary
objects given to Moorehead by C.B.
Moore came from multiple localities
within the Moundville site complex,
including: burial ground north east of
Mound C, cemetery near Mound C,
cemetery South of Mound D, field north
of Mound D, field north of Mound R,
field near Mound B, field near Mound
D, field west of Mound B, field west of
Mound R, ground north east of Mound
C, ground south of Mound D, Mound B,
Mound C, Mound D, Mound north of
Mound C, Mound O, ridge north of
Mound A, ridge north of Mound R, low
mound west of Mound B, and Mound F.
In 1905 and 1906, 163 associated
funerary objects were removed from an
unspecified area Near Moundville in
Hale County, AL, by C.B. Moore. Moore
sent some objects from his excavations,
which he referred to as ‘‘duplicates,’’ to
Warren K. Moorehead at the Department
of Archaeology at Phillips Academy
(now the Peabody Institute). The 163
associated funerary objects are 149
ceramic sherds, nine ceramic vessels,
three bifaces, and two scrapers.
In 1905 and 1906, one associated
funerary object was removed from Hale
County, AL, by C.B. Moore. Moore sent
some objects from his excavations,
which he referred to as ‘‘duplicates,’’ to
Warren K. Moorehead at the Department
of Archaeology at Phillips Academy
(now the Peabody Institute). The one
associated funerary object is a modified
stone.
In 1905 and 1906, one associated
funerary object was removed from
Foster’s Ferry, Tuscaloosa County, AL,
by C.B. Moore. Moore sent some objects
from his excavations, which he referred
to as duplicates, to Warren K.
Moorehead at the Department of
Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now
the Peabody Institute). The one
associated funerary object is a modified
stone.
The ancestral human remains and
associated funerary objects, as well as
the sites from which they were
removed, are culturally affiliated to the
Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes, who
consider all items associated with
Moundville to be funerary. The presentday Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes
are The Tribes.
On November 23, 2021, the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee found
that a relationship of shared group
identity exists between the present-day
Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes and
the earlier group connected to human
remains and funerary objects excavated
at, and adjacent to, the Moundville
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archeological site (01–TU–0500), in
Tuscaloosa County, AL. The Review
Committee’s finding was based on
linguistic, oral traditional, geographical,
kinship, biological, archeological,
historical, and anthropological lines of
evidence. On February 1, 2022, this
finding was published in the Federal
Register (87 FR 5499–5500).
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 one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 918 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 Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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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, 180
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490, email
rwheeler@andover.edu, by October 6,
2022. 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034446;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology 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 University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology. 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 University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology at the address in this
notice by October 6, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Christopher Woods, Williams Director,
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260
South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104–
6324, telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.org.
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 under the control of
the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA. The human remains
were removed from Muskogee County,
OK.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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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. 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 University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; and The Osage
Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe)
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1832 and March of 1834,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Muskogee County, OK. The human
remains [catalogue number 97–606–40]
were obtained by Dr. Zina Pitcher (b.
1797–d. 1872) who, at that time, served
as the Army surgeon at Fort Gibson, in
Muskogee County, OK. Dr. Pitcher
transferred the human remains to Dr.
Samuel G. Morton who, by 1839, had
accessioned them into his collection. In
1853, Dr. Morton’s collection, including
these human remains, was purchased
from his estate, and formally presented
to the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia. In 1966, the Morton
collection, including these human
remains, was loaned to the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, and in 1997, it was
formally gifted to the University of
Pennsylvania. The human remains
belong to a female between 35 and 50
years of age. Although no known
individual was identified, archival
documents indicate she was from a
‘‘little colony on the Neosho River, near
Fort Gibson.’’ No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
specific cultural attributions contained
in the museum’s records and through
consultation. Collector records, museum
documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1839, 1840, 1844, 1849; Meigs
1857) identify the human remains as
Lenape or Delaware. Consultation
information presented by The Osage
Nation identifies the ‘‘small colony’’ as
an early named Osage village associated
with an important Osage leader and part
of the lands ceded to the United States
in the Treaty of 1818. The information
presented by The Osage Nation, which
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034448; 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 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 October 6, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, 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 Moundville, Hale County, Hale County
(near Moundville), and Foster's Ferry in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties,
AL.
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 Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, &
Tampa Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In 1905 and 1906, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Moundville (01-TU-0500) in Hale and
Tuscaloosa Counties, AL, by C.B. Moore. Moore sent some objects from
his excavations, which he referred to as ``duplicates,'' to Warren K.
Moorehead at the Department of Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now the
Peabody Institute). Moorehead retained most of the objects sent to the
Peabody Institute, but also traded some to other institutions. In 1920,
Moorehead transferred ancestral human remains and funerary objects from
Moundville to an institution in ``Bangor, Maine''; the exact
institution is unclear. In 1997, the ancestral humans remains were
returned to the Peabody Institute. The fragmentary human remains belong
to a juvenile of indeterminate sex. No known individual was identified.
The 753 associated funerary objects are 20 ground stone discs and
fragments, 20 ceramic discs, 483 ceramic sherds, two bone perforators,
five celts, seven hammerstones, 23 ceramic vessels, 12 bifaces, 96
fragments of debitage, two ceramic figurine fragments, six faunal bone
fragments, two pieces of galena, 66 shell beads, two chunks of
hematite, five modified stones, one scraper, and one cast of a
monolithic axe.
The human remains and funerary objects given to Moorehead by C.B.
Moore came from multiple localities within the Moundville site complex,
including: burial ground north east of Mound C, cemetery near Mound C,
cemetery South of Mound D, field north of Mound D, field north of Mound
R, field near Mound B, field near Mound D, field west of Mound B, field
west of Mound R, ground north east of Mound C, ground south of Mound D,
Mound B, Mound C, Mound D, Mound north of Mound C, Mound O, ridge north
of Mound A, ridge north of Mound R, low mound west of Mound B, and
Mound F.
In 1905 and 1906, 163 associated funerary objects were removed from
an unspecified area Near Moundville in Hale County, AL, by C.B. Moore.
Moore sent some objects from his excavations, which he referred to as
``duplicates,'' to Warren K. Moorehead at the Department of Archaeology
at Phillips Academy (now the Peabody Institute). The 163 associated
funerary objects are 149 ceramic sherds, nine ceramic vessels, three
bifaces, and two scrapers.
In 1905 and 1906, one associated funerary object was removed from
Hale County, AL, by C.B. Moore. Moore sent some objects from his
excavations, which he referred to as ``duplicates,'' to Warren K.
Moorehead at the Department of Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now the
Peabody Institute). The one associated funerary object is a modified
stone.
In 1905 and 1906, one associated funerary object was removed from
Foster's Ferry, Tuscaloosa County, AL, by C.B. Moore. Moore sent some
objects from his excavations, which he referred to as duplicates, to
Warren K. Moorehead at the Department of Archaeology at Phillips
Academy (now the Peabody Institute). The one associated funerary object
is a modified stone.
The ancestral human remains and associated funerary objects, as
well as the sites from which they were removed, are culturally
affiliated to the Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes, who consider all
items associated with Moundville to be funerary. The present-day
Muskogean-speaking Indian Tribes are The Tribes.
On November 23, 2021, the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee found that a relationship of shared group
identity exists between the present-day Muskogean-speaking Indian
Tribes and the earlier group connected to human remains and funerary
objects excavated at, and adjacent to, the Moundville
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archeological site (01-TU-0500), in Tuscaloosa County, AL. The Review
Committee's finding was based on linguistic, oral traditional,
geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, historical, and
anthropological lines of evidence. On February 1, 2022, this finding
was published in the Federal Register (87 FR 5499-5500).
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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 918 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 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 Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-
4490, email [email protected], by October 6, 2022. 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19168 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
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