Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 69326-69329 [2022-25137]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 69326 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices construction between 1888 and 1890. As described above, the Central Station site is dated to ca. 1450–1634. The human remains are cranial elements belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In April of 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Dena Dincauze, as part of a Peabody Museum expedition, from a shell midden on Peddock’s Island (19PL0003 and 19– SU–3a) in Boston Harbor. The shell midden above the human remains was five to six inches deep; no shells were found below the human remains in the burial pit. The burial pit was lined with black organic matter, and red ochre stain was observed in the northeast corner of the pit, on some of the bones. Three fieldstone slabs of Cambridge slate were in the north and northeast areas of the pit, beside and over the head. The human remains had been tightly bundled, almost certainly had been defleshed, and were at least partially articulated at the time of burial. Human remains from this site have been radiocarbon dated to 4435 +/ ¥ 225 B.P., or 2600–2900 B.P., which corresponds to the Late Archaic Period (5000–3000 B.P.) for the Peddock’s Island area. The red ochre found with the human remains supports this date. The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Between 1969 and 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Dena Dincauze, David Braun, and William Fitzhugh, as part of a Peabody Museum expedition, from Thompson’s Island in Boston Harbor. This habitation and midden site covers a large part of the surface of the sandy elevation at the southeastern corner of the island. Occupation most likely began during the Atlantic phase, ca. 4000 B.P., and continued through the Late Woodland Period, ca. 1000–500 B.P. The interment is a shell midden sub-burial, which indicates that it pre-dates at least some of the occupational periods of the site. The burial position was most likely flexed with a northern orientation. No artifacts were found within the burial pit and there were no temporally diagnostic artifacts within the two clam shell strata located directly above the burial. However, in other portions of the site similar clam shell strata contained artifacts ranging from 4000–500 B.P., suggesting that the burial dates to the earlier occupational period of the Late Archaic. The human remains are cranial VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Historical documents and other information obtained through consultation show that areas of northeastern Massachusetts were aboriginally occupied by the Wampanoag people. These types of sources also show that portions of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties, MA, were aboriginally occupied by the Massachusett and Pawtucket peoples, neither of whom are represented by any federally recognized Indian Tribe. Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 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 are Native American based on osteological analysis, archeological context, and museum records. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 277 individuals of Native American ancestry. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 207 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. • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Tribes. Additional Requestors and Disposition 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 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 with information in support of the request to Jane Pickering, William & Muriel Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@fas.harvard.edu, by December 19, 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this notice has been published. Dated: November 9, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–25136 Filed 11–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034877; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary object and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 object should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary object to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices human remains and associated funerary object should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University at the address in this notice by December 19, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Pickering, William & Muriel Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@ fas.harvard.edu. 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains and associated funerary object were removed from Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, and Plymouth Counties, MA. 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 object. 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 the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.); Narragansett Indian Tribe; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-federally recognized Indian group (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes and Group’’). khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES History and Description of the Remains Barnstable County, MA In 1901, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in Osterville. In 1901 or 1902, Dr. S.W. Driver donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum through Dr. Frederic Ward Putnam. The human remains are postcranial VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 fragments belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In the spring of 1921, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed by Charles C. Owen from Grand Island in Osterville. In December of 1921, A.A. Marsters donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are cranial and postcranial elements belonging to two adult males and one adult of unknown sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In March of 1934, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Lauchlan M. Crocker, the Sheriff of Barnstable County, from an unknown site in Barnstable. That same month, Crocker donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were recorded as being 12 feet underground. The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Edward H. Rogers from an unknown site in Provincetown. Rogers donated these human remains to the Robert S. Peabody Institute, which in turn donated them to the Peabody Museum in December of 1937. The human remains are the partial cranium and postcranial elements belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object is a projectile point. As the point’s shape most likely falls within the ‘‘Neville’’ tradition, it is a modified Neville point. The Neville tradition is associated with the Middle Archaic period in southeastern New England (ca. 8000–6000 B.P.). In 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Ross Moffett from the Hillside site in Truro. That same year, Moffett donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were located in a brownishblack, sandy midden layer. Moffett’s descriptions of grit-tempered pottery known as Early Woodland Period Vinette I and Fox Creek style projectile points—these are not in the collections of the Peabody Museum—suggest that this interment most likely dates from the Early to Middle Woodland Period (3000–1000 B.P.). The human remains are the nearly complete skeleton belonging to a subadult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69327 At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Deputy Sheriff Louis Cataldo from the Indian Neck site in Wellfleet. In March of 1966, Cataldo donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum through Dr. Edward Hunt. The human remains are the partial cranium and postcranial elements belonging to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1867, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Jeffries Wyman from the Cotuit port shell heap and donated by him to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are postcranial fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In February of 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by the Bourne Police from an unknown site in Buzzards Bay in Bourne. Deputy Sheriff Cataldo donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were removed from a depth of approximately 30 feet. The human remains are the nearly complete cranium belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Bristol County, MA In July of 1945, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by workmen while excavating a sewer on the property of John Martin in Taunton. That same month, Dr. Alan Richards Moritz of Harvard University’s Department of Legal Medicine donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are the partial cranium and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in New Bedford. These human remains were given to the Robert S. Peabody Institute, which in turn presented them to the Peabody Museum in February of 1963. The human remains are the partial cranium belonging to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Dukes County, MA In 1914, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Edward Wigglesworth from Wasque Point on Martha’s Vineyard. In E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1 69328 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES July of 1914, Curtis N. Smith donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Charles T. Jackson from an ‘‘Indian burial place’’ on Martha’s Vineyard. Jackson presented these remains to the Boston Society for Medical Improvement (BSMI). In June of 1889, the cabinet of the BSMI was officially transferred to the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University (WAM), and in May of 1959, WAM transferred the human remains to the Peabody Museum. The original inventory of the human remains describes the burial location as full of small shells and notes that many of the bodies in the burial place were interred in an erect posture surrounded by shells. The human remains are the nearly complete cranium belonging to an adult female. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Plymouth County, MA In March of 1940, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Norman Merry, Arthur Chandler, and Superintendent Sherman from an unknown site in Lakeville. That same month, Dr. Alan Richards Moritz of Harvard University’s Department of Legal Medicine donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are postcranial fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Charles T. Jackson from a refuse heap in Plymouth. In November of 1943, the Boston Society of Natural History donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum through Dr. Frederic T. Lewis. The human remains are postcranial fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In May of 1946, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by Dr. Raymond G. Vinal from an unknown site in Norwell. Vinal turned these human remains over to the Massachusetts State Police, who delivered them to Harvard University’s Department of Legal Medicine. That VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 same month, Dr. Alan Richards Moritz of the Department of Legal Medicine donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were found buried 2.5–3 feet beneath the ground in gravel resembling hardpacked sand. The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In April of 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed by Dr. Maurice Robbins and William Bell Taylor from the Taylor Farm Site, 19Pl165, in North Middleboro. In May of 1947, Robbins donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are the partial cranium and postcranial elements belonging to two adult females. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in Middleboro. In December of 1883, J. Collins Warren donated these human remains to the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University (WAM) as part of the J. Mason Warren Collection, and in May of 1959, WAM transferred them to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are the nearly complete cranium belonging to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In August of 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals were removed by a member of the Cohannet Chapter of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society named ‘‘Curtis’’ from the Wapanucket 8 site in Middleboro. In September of 1961, the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, through Maurice Robbins, donated the human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were found in a burial feature consisting of burned and unburned bones capped by a layer of red paint. Radiocarbon dates, artifacts diagnostic of the Archaic period, and the cremation burial suggest that this site and interment dates to the Late Archaic Period (5000–3000 B.P.). The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to two infants of unknown sex, one child of unknown sex, one subadult of unknown sex, one adult male, one adult female, and one adult of unknown sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 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 are Native American based on osteological analysis, archeological context, and museum records. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 27 individuals of Native American ancestry. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described in this notice is 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 object and any present-day Indian Tribe. • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary object may be to The Tribes. Additional Requestors and Disposition 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 object should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Jane Pickering, William & Muriel Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@fas.harvard.edu, by December 19, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary object to The Tribes may proceed. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes and Group that this notice has been published. E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2022 / Notices Dated: November 9, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–25137 Filed 11–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034884; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR National Park Service, Interior. Notice; amendment. AGENCY: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ACTION: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Arkansas Museum Collections has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion originally published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2018 and subsequently amended in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register on May 20, 2022. This notice amends the minimum number of individuals and number of associated funerary objects in collections removed from Cross, Mississippi, and Poinsett Counties, AR. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after December 19, 2022. ADDRESSES: Dr. Mary Suter, University of Arkansas Museum Collections, Biomass 125, Fayetteville, AR 72701, telephone (479) 575–3456, email msuter@uark.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 University of Arkansas Museum Collections. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the University of Arkansas Museum Collections. Amendment This notice amends the determinations originally published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 56371–56374, November 13, 2018) and subsequently VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:46 Nov 17, 2022 Jkt 259001 amended in a Notice of Inventory Completion Correction published in the Federal Register (87 FR 30990–30993, May 20, 2022). Repatriation of the items in the original and amended notices has not occurred. Accordingly, the minimum number of individuals whose human remains were removed from Rose Mound (3CS27) in Cross County, AR, is nine (previously six individuals were listed). In addition, this amendment lists as currently missing human remains representing nine individuals that had been removed from the Golden Lake site (3MS60) in Mississippi County, AR (previously no individuals were listed as missing). Also, this amendment lists as currently missing one additional associated funerary object that had been removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR (previously 52 associated funerary objects were listed as missing). In 1950, 1967, and another unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were removed from the Rose Mound Site (3CS27) in Cross County, AR. No known individuals were identified. The five associated funerary objects are five fragments of copper. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 105 individuals were removed from the Golden Lake Site (3MS60) in Mississippi County, AR. Of that number, human remains representing nine individuals are currently missing from the collection. The University of Arkansas Museum continues to look for the missing individuals. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1933, human remains representing, at minimum, 260 individuals were removed from the Hazel Site (3PO6) in Poinsett County, AR. No known individuals were identified. In total, there are 1,319 associated funerary objects, of which 53 objects are currently missing from the collection. The 1,266 associated funerary objects currently accounted for are one abrader, six deer antler tines, one arrow point, one artifact sample, two bone awls, one axe, one basketry fragment, 30 bone beads, two ceramic beads, four crinoid beads, 439 shell beads, 83 animal bones, three bird bones, 118 fish bones, 78 ceramic bottles, 83 ceramic bowls, two non-vessel ceramic objects, two lots of charcoal, two clay lumps, two sheets of copper, one corn cob, nine pieces of daub, three ceramic discs, eight ear plugs, two effigy bottles, 12 effigy bowls, one effigy jar, one shell gorget, 43 ceramic jars, one knife, one antler knife, one bone needle, one copper ornament, one shell pendant, 21 bone pins, three PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69329 pipes, 35 gar scales, two samples of sediment, 26 mussel shells, four pieces of turtle shell, 219 ceramic sherds, one painted stone, two textiles, three animal teeth, two twigs, and two partial vessels. The University of Arkansas Museum continues to look for the missing 53 (previously identified as 52) associated funerary objects, which are one deer antler tine, one artifact sample, one bird bill awl, one bone awl, three shell beads, two worked bones, eight ceramic bottles, 12 ceramic bowls (previously identified as 11 ceramic bowls), one ceramic non-vessel objects, one lot of charcoal, one sheet of copper, three ear plugs, one effigy bottle, four effigy bowls, one bone needle, one pipe, four mussel shells, one sherd, and six vessels. Determinations (as Amended) Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the University of Arkansas Museum Collections has determined that: • The human remains represent the physical remains of 374 individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 1,324 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation (previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians). Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 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. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 19, 2022. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of Arkansas Museum Collections must determine the most E:\FR\FM\18NON1.SGM 18NON1

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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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University 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 no 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary 
object and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 
object should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 
associated funerary object to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these

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human remains and associated funerary object should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University at the address 
in this notice by December 19, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Pickering, William & Muriel 
Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone 
(617) 496-2374, 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 Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The human 
remains and associated funerary object were removed from Barnstable, 
Bristol, Dukes, and Plymouth Counties, MA.
    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 
object. 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 the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Mashpee 
Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal 
Council, Inc.); Narragansett Indian Tribe; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 
(Aquinnah); and the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-
federally recognized Indian group (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Consulted Tribes and Group'').

History and Description of the Remains

Barnstable County, MA

    In 1901, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in Osterville. 
In 1901 or 1902, Dr. S.W. Driver donated these human remains to the 
Peabody Museum through Dr. Frederic Ward Putnam. The human remains are 
postcranial fragments belonging to an adult female. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In the spring of 1921, human remains representing, at minimum, 
three individuals were removed by Charles C. Owen from Grand Island in 
Osterville. In December of 1921, A.A. Marsters donated these human 
remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are cranial and 
postcranial elements belonging to two adult males and one adult of 
unknown sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In March of 1934, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Lauchlan M. Crocker, the Sheriff of 
Barnstable County, from an unknown site in Barnstable. That same month, 
Crocker donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human 
remains were recorded as being 12 feet underground. The human remains 
are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult female. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Edward H. Rogers from an unknown site in 
Provincetown. Rogers donated these human remains to the Robert S. 
Peabody Institute, which in turn donated them to the Peabody Museum in 
December of 1937. The human remains are the partial cranium and 
postcranial elements belonging to an adult female. No known individual 
was identified. The one associated funerary object is a projectile 
point. As the point's shape most likely falls within the ``Neville'' 
tradition, it is a modified Neville point. The Neville tradition is 
associated with the Middle Archaic period in southeastern New England 
(ca. 8000-6000 B.P.).
    In 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed by Ross Moffett from the Hillside site in Truro. That same 
year, Moffett donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The 
human remains were located in a brownish-black, sandy midden layer. 
Moffett's descriptions of grit-tempered pottery known as Early Woodland 
Period Vinette I and Fox Creek style projectile points--these are not 
in the collections of the Peabody Museum--suggest that this interment 
most likely dates from the Early to Middle Woodland Period (3000-1000 
B.P.). The human remains are the nearly complete skeleton belonging to 
a subadult male. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Deputy Sheriff Louis Cataldo from the Indian 
Neck site in Wellfleet. In March of 1966, Cataldo donated these human 
remains to the Peabody Museum through Dr. Edward Hunt. The human 
remains are the partial cranium and postcranial elements belonging to 
an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In 1867, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed by Dr. Jeffries Wyman from the Cotuit port shell heap and 
donated by him to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are postcranial 
fragments belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In February of 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by the Bourne Police from an unknown site in 
Buzzards Bay in Bourne. Deputy Sheriff Cataldo donated these human 
remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were removed from a 
depth of approximately 30 feet. The human remains are the nearly 
complete cranium belonging to an adult female. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Bristol County, MA

    In July of 1945, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by workmen while excavating a sewer on the 
property of John Martin in Taunton. That same month, Dr. Alan Richards 
Moritz of Harvard University's Department of Legal Medicine donated 
these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are the 
partial cranium and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult female. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in 
New Bedford. These human remains were given to the Robert S. Peabody 
Institute, which in turn presented them to the Peabody Museum in 
February of 1963. The human remains are the partial cranium belonging 
to an adult male. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Dukes County, MA

    In 1914, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed by Edward Wigglesworth from Wasque Point on Martha's 
Vineyard. In

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July of 1914, Curtis N. Smith donated these human remains to the 
Peabody Museum. The human remains are cranial and postcranial fragments 
belonging to an adult of unknown sex. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Dr. Charles T. Jackson from an ``Indian 
burial place'' on Martha's Vineyard. Jackson presented these remains to 
the Boston Society for Medical Improvement (BSMI). In June of 1889, the 
cabinet of the BSMI was officially transferred to the Warren Anatomical 
Museum, Harvard University (WAM), and in May of 1959, WAM transferred 
the human remains to the Peabody Museum. The original inventory of the 
human remains describes the burial location as full of small shells and 
notes that many of the bodies in the burial place were interred in an 
erect posture surrounded by shells. The human remains are the nearly 
complete cranium belonging to an adult female. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Plymouth County, MA

    In March of 1940, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Norman Merry, Arthur Chandler, and 
Superintendent Sherman from an unknown site in Lakeville. That same 
month, Dr. Alan Richards Moritz of Harvard University's Department of 
Legal Medicine donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The 
human remains are postcranial fragments belonging to an adult of 
unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Dr. Charles T. Jackson from a refuse heap in 
Plymouth. In November of 1943, the Boston Society of Natural History 
donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum through Dr. Frederic 
T. Lewis. The human remains are postcranial fragments belonging to an 
adult of unknown sex. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    In May of 1946, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by Dr. Raymond G. Vinal from an unknown site in 
Norwell. Vinal turned these human remains over to the Massachusetts 
State Police, who delivered them to Harvard University's Department of 
Legal Medicine. That same month, Dr. Alan Richards Moritz of the 
Department of Legal Medicine donated these human remains to the Peabody 
Museum. The human remains were found buried 2.5-3 feet beneath the 
ground in gravel resembling hard-packed sand. The human remains are 
cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to an adult male. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In April of 1947, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed by Dr. Maurice Robbins and William Bell Taylor 
from the Taylor Farm Site, 19Pl165, in North Middleboro. In May of 
1947, Robbins donated these human remains to the Peabody Museum. The 
human remains are the partial cranium and postcranial elements 
belonging to two adult females. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed by an unknown person from an unknown site in 
Middleboro. In December of 1883, J. Collins Warren donated these human 
remains to the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University (WAM) as 
part of the J. Mason Warren Collection, and in May of 1959, WAM 
transferred them to the Peabody Museum. The human remains are the 
nearly complete cranium belonging to an adult male. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In August of 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, seven 
individuals were removed by a member of the Cohannet Chapter of the 
Massachusetts Archaeological Society named ``Curtis'' from the 
Wapanucket 8 site in Middleboro. In September of 1961, the 
Massachusetts Archaeological Society, through Maurice Robbins, donated 
the human remains to the Peabody Museum. The human remains were found 
in a burial feature consisting of burned and unburned bones capped by a 
layer of red paint. Radiocarbon dates, artifacts diagnostic of the 
Archaic period, and the cremation burial suggest that this site and 
interment dates to the Late Archaic Period (5000-3000 B.P.). The human 
remains are cranial and postcranial fragments belonging to two infants 
of unknown sex, one child of unknown sex, one subadult of unknown sex, 
one adult male, one adult female, and one adult of unknown sex. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University

    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 are Native American based on osteological analysis, 
archeological context, and museum records.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 27 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 object and any present-day Indian 
Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian 
Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary object may be to The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 object should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Jane 
Pickering, William & Muriel Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-2374, email 
[email protected], by December 19, 2022. After that date, if 
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary object to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 
is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes and Group that this 
notice has been published.


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    Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25137 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P


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