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Notice of Inventory Completion
Amendment: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; amendment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University has
amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal
Register on December 21, 2018. This
notice amends the number of associated
funerary objects in a collection removed
from Williamson County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this
SUMMARY:
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notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University.
Amendment
This notice amends the
determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (83 FR 65741–65743, December
21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the
original Notice of Inventory Completion
has not occurred. This notice amends
the number of associated funerary
objects which were not listed in the
original notice. A total of 475 associated
funerary objects from Williamson
County, TN are reported here.
ASSOCIATED FUNERARY OBJECTS
Site
Original No.
Amended No.
Gray’s Farm
(40WM11) in
Williamson County,
TN.
Arnold Site (40WM5)
in Williamson
County, TN.
Glass Mounds Site
(40WM3) in
Williamson County,
TN.
Unknown location in
Williamson County,
TN.
Brentwood Library/Dr
Jarman’s Site
(40WM210) (1882)
in Williamson
County, TN.
Not reported ...........
127
Not reported ...........
27
Not reported ...........
10
Not reported ...........
0
Not reported ...........
281
Brentwood Library/Dr
Jarman’s Site
(40WM210) (1883)
in Williamson
County, TN.
Brentwood in
Williamson County,
TN.
Not reported ...........
30
Not reported ...........
0
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University has determined that:
• The human remains represent the
physical remains of 215 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
• The 475 objects 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.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the
aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
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12 bone pins; one sharpening stone; two ceramic bottles; one ceramic jar; three
ceramic effigy bowls; three shell spoons; one strand of shell beads; 95 shell
beads; three bifaces; two faunal bone fragments; one shell fragment; two shell
gorgets; and one projectile point.
One ceramic disk; five ceramic bowls; two ceramic effigy bowls; one ceramic bottle; two chunkey stones; two carved shell ornaments; one shell spoon; one
stone ear plug or bead; and 12 faunal bone and teeth fragments.
One faunal bone fragment; three shell beads; three mica pieces; two copper
panpipe casings; and one copper axe.
No associated funerary objects are present.
One biface blade; one bone awl; one bone hairpin; two ceramic beads; one ceramic bottle; 34 ceramic bowls or bowl fragments; one ceramic effigy bottle;
five ceramic effigy bowls or bowl fragments; one ceramic effigy vessel; four ceramic jar or jar fragments; one lot of ceramic jar and bag of jar sherds; two ceramic pipe stems; 86 ceramic sherds; six ceramic vessel or vessel fragments;
seven miniature ceramic vessel or vessel fragments; 12 charcoal and debitage;
one daub; seven debitage; one discoidal; 32 faunal bones; one ground stone
fragment; one possible scraper; two projectile points; three rock fragments; 12
shell and bone fragments; 45 shell beads; one shell gorget; six shell or shell
fragments; one stone axe; one stone ear plug/bead; one worked faunal bone;
and one worked shell.
Two ceramic bowls; one effigy bowl; one effigy jar; four shell fragments; two
stone fragments; two stone flakes; one discoidal stone; and 17 pieces of charcoal.
No associated funerary artifacts are present.
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization, or who
shows that the requestor is an aboriginal
land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice
to a requestor may occur on or after
October 17, 2022. If competing requests
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for disposition are received, the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, and
10.13.
Dated: September 7, 2022.
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 Amendment: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This
notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection
removed from Williamson County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after October 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in
this
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notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65741-65743,
December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of
associated funerary objects which were not listed in the original
notice. A total of 475 associated funerary objects from Williamson
County, TN are reported here.
Associated Funerary Objects
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Site Original No. Amended No. Amended description
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Gray's Farm (40WM11) in Not reported...... 127 12 bone pins; one sharpening stone; two
Williamson County, TN. ceramic bottles; one ceramic jar; three
ceramic effigy bowls; three shell spoons;
one strand of shell beads; 95 shell beads;
three bifaces; two faunal bone fragments;
one shell fragment; two shell gorgets; and
one projectile point.
Arnold Site (40WM5) in Not reported...... 27 One ceramic disk; five ceramic bowls; two
Williamson County, TN. ceramic effigy bowls; one ceramic bottle;
two chunkey stones; two carved shell
ornaments; one shell spoon; one stone ear
plug or bead; and 12 faunal bone and teeth
fragments.
Glass Mounds Site (40WM3) in Not reported...... 10 One faunal bone fragment; three shell
Williamson County, TN. beads; three mica pieces; two copper
panpipe casings; and one copper axe.
Unknown location in Williamson Not reported...... 0 No associated funerary objects are present.
County, TN.
Brentwood Library/Dr Jarman's Not reported...... 281 One biface blade; one bone awl; one bone
Site (40WM210) (1882) in hairpin; two ceramic beads; one ceramic
Williamson County, TN. bottle; 34 ceramic bowls or bowl
fragments; one ceramic effigy bottle; five
ceramic effigy bowls or bowl fragments;
one ceramic effigy vessel; four ceramic
jar or jar fragments; one lot of ceramic
jar and bag of jar sherds; two ceramic
pipe stems; 86 ceramic sherds; six ceramic
vessel or vessel fragments; seven
miniature ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments; 12 charcoal and debitage; one
daub; seven debitage; one discoidal; 32
faunal bones; one ground stone fragment;
one possible scraper; two projectile
points; three rock fragments; 12 shell and
bone fragments; 45 shell beads; one shell
gorget; six shell or shell fragments; one
stone axe; one stone ear plug/bead; one
worked faunal bone; and one worked shell.
Brentwood Library/Dr Jarman's Not reported...... 30 Two ceramic bowls; one effigy bowl; one
Site (40WM210) (1883) in effigy jar; four shell fragments; two
Williamson County, TN. stone fragments; two stone flakes; one
discoidal stone; and 17 pieces of
charcoal.
Brentwood in Williamson County, Not reported...... 0 No associated funerary artifacts are
TN. present.
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has determined that:
The human remains represent the physical remains of 215
individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 475 objects 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.
No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 17, 2022. If
competing requests for disposition are received, the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: September 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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