Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA, 86378 [2023-27377]
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Melanie O’Brien,
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from McDonald County,
MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 180
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749–4490, email
rwheeler@andover.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 Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology.
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SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 15 individuals were removed
from Jacob’s Cavern in McDonald
County, MO. At the invitation of E.H.
Jacobs, Charles Peabody, and Warren
Moorehead of the Department of
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Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology) traveled to Jacob’s Cavern
in April of 1903 to examine the site. The
ancestors are five adults of
indeterminate sex, five adult males,
three adult females, one juvenile of
indeterminate sex, and one infant. The
203 associated funerary objects are 203
faunal bone fragments.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from Undetermined Sites in Pineville in
McDonald County, MO. Undetermined
Sites in Pineville is an amalgamation of
four different undefined localities
associated with Pineville, MO. The
ancestors were removed between 1895
to 1905 by individuals associated with
the Peabody Institute. The ancestors are
10 adults of indeterminate sex, two
adult males, and one infant. The 215
associated funerary objects are two soil
samples, two sherds, and 211 faunal
bone fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: archeological
information, geographical information,
historical information, linguistics, oral
tradition, and other relevant
information.
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 28 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 418 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.
• 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 Osage Nation.
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Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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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 January 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations 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, 10.10, and
10.14.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037063; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
McDonald County, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, 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
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, 15 individuals were removed
from Jacob's Cavern in McDonald County, MO. At the invitation of E.H.
Jacobs, Charles Peabody, and Warren Moorehead of the Department of
Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology) traveled to Jacob's Cavern in April of 1903 to examine the
site. The ancestors are five adults of indeterminate sex, five adult
males, three adult females, one juvenile of indeterminate sex, and one
infant. The 203 associated funerary objects are 203 faunal bone
fragments.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from Undetermined Sites in Pineville in McDonald County, MO.
Undetermined Sites in Pineville is an amalgamation of four different
undefined localities associated with Pineville, MO. The ancestors were
removed between 1895 to 1905 by individuals associated with the Peabody
Institute. The ancestors are 10 adults of indeterminate sex, two adult
males, and one infant. The 215 associated funerary objects are two soil
samples, two sherds, and 211 faunal bone fragments.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: archeological information, geographical information,
historical information, linguistics, oral tradition, and other relevant
information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 28 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 418 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.
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 Osage Nation.
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 January 12, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27377 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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