Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA, 51359-51360 [2024-13241]
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determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural item
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Chicago
Historical Society is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice
and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–13247 Filed 6–14–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038092;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology, Athens, GA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Georgia, Laboratory 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts
Thompson, The University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E
Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605,
telephone (706) 542–8373, email
arobthom@uga.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
Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum 31 individuals were removed
from 9BR2 in Bartow County, Georgia.
The site was excavated during field
schools by the University of Georgia
(UGA) in 1988, 1989, and 1990 under
the direction of Dave Hally. The 185
associated funerary objects include
indigenous ceramics, lithic fragments,
faunal remains, charcoal, and shell. The
collection was then housed at the
University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology after each field school and
there is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum one individual were removed
from 9BR9, Walt Jones Farm in Bartow
County, Georgia. In 1972, Claire Wilkie
and R.S. Dickens collected ancestors
that were disturbed from a road cut at
9BR9. In 1991, Georgia State University
transferred the collection to UGA. The
collection was then housed at the
University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology. No associated funerary
objects are present and there is no
record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum one individual were removed
from 9BR26, Raccoon Creek in Bartow
County, Georgia. In 1984, Bill Kilmer
excavated at the site and the collection
was then housed at the collection then
housed at the University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology. The 133
associated funerary objects include
indigenous ceramics, burnt clay, and
lithics. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used
to treat the ancestors or associated
funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum four individuals were
removed from 9BR57, Garfield in
Bartow County, Georgia. James
Chapman’s name is associated with the
material housed at the UGA Laboratory
of Archaeology so this collection was
likely excavated in the 1960s. This
collection was transferred to the
Laboratory in 1991 from Georgia State
University by Lewis Larson and given
the Catalogue Number 34310. No
associated funerary objects are present.
There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum one individual were removed
from 9BR195 in Bartow County,
Georgia. In 1951 Mary Kellogg visited
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the site and surface collected material
from it and then housed at the UGA
Laboratory of Archaeology. No
associated funerary objects are present.
There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum 18 individuals were removed
from 9BR199, Cora Harris in Bartow
County, Georgia. In 1951, Arthur Kelly
and Mary Kellogg had a field school at
this site and excavated at least two
burials. The collection was then housed
at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology.
The 180 associated funerary objects
include botanicals, shell, faunal
including bear teeth and indeterminate
claws, indigenous ceramics, animal
effigy, shell beads, copper beads, lithics,
ppks, and melted red glass. There is no
record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum three individuals were
removed from 9BR201, Raines Cave in
Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951, Arthur
Kelly and Mary Kellogg had a field
school at this site. The collection was
then housed at the UGA Laboratory of
Archaeology. No associated funerary
objects are present. There is no record
of any potentially hazardous substances
used to treat the ancestors or associated
funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum one individual were removed
from 9BR677 in Bartow County,
Georgia. In 1988, Todd Frizelle and T.
Jeffrey Price surface collected at the site.
The collection was then housed at the
UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. No
associated funerary objects are present.
There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum two individuals were
removed from 9BR1224, Ammons Cave
in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951,
Charles Thompson surface collected at
the site. The collection was then housed
at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology.
A total of 16 associated funerary objects
are present, including unmodified
lithics, faunal, and shell. There is no
record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum 39 individuals were removed
from 9GO4, Thompson in Gordon
County, Georgia. Initial collection at the
site was done by Scheppler in 1968. He
surface-collected ancestors in addition
to cultural material. Formal excavations
were done by John Worth from 1999–
2001. Worth identified four burials
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during his work at the site. While
subsequent excavators at the site
exposed and collected ancestors no
other burials were ever identified or
labeled. Excavations continued at the
site from 2002–2009 by Julie Gayle
Markin and James Langford through the
Coosawattee Foundation and the
University of Georgia. There are
ancestors present for almost all of these
field seasons. The collection was then
housed at the UGA Laboratory of
Archaeology. The 776 associated
funerary objects include indigenous
ceramics, lithics, soil, burnt clay, faunal
including drum fish teeth, ceramic ear
pin, effigy, cone shaped ceramic,
ceramic discs and flotation samples.
There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at
minimum two individuals were
removed from 9GO8, Baxter in Gordon
County, Georgia. In 1968, WW
Scheppler surface collected at the site.
The collection was then housed at the
UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. The 63
associated funerary objects include
indigenous ceramics, lithics, faunal, and
shell. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used
to treat the ancestors or associated
funerary objects.
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Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the
ancestors and associated funerary
objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Georgia, Laboratory
of Archaeology has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 103 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 1,353 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 connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Kialegee Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe
of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
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authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 17, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the University of Georgia,
Laboratory 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 University of
Georgia, Laboratory 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 10.10.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–13241 Filed 6–14–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038100;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE) intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after July
17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu.
DATES:
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 PMAE, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 15 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation.
The one lot of unassociated funerary
objects includes ceramic sherds,
ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic effigy
pipe fragments, bone tools, faunal
remains, botanical remains, stone pipe
fragments, lithics, flakes, charcoal,
charred wood, ground stone tools, net
sinkers, worked stones, unworked
stones, shell, and worked faunal
remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond
Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed
these items from the Durfee Farm site in
Jefferson County, NY, as part of a
Peabody Museum Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary
objects includes ceramic sherds, a
ceramic pipe fragment, ground stone
tools, a rubbing stone, and a possibly
culturally modified rock. In 1906, P.W.
Kilmer removed these items from the
Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County,
NY, and donated them to the PMAE the
same year.
The one lot of unassociated funerary
objects includes ceramic sherds. In
October 1990, William Engelbrecht
removed these items from the Durfee
Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and
donated them to the PMAE in November
1992.
The one lot of unassociated funerary
objects includes ceramic sherds,
ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic discs,
stone discs, faunal remains, worked
faunal remains, bone tools, charred corn
cobs, flakes, lithics, ground stone tools,
shells, charcoal, stone fragments,
perforated stone, ochre, mica, bark
fragments, ash, and unworked stones. In
1906, Mark Raymond Harrington and
Irwin Hayden removed these items from
the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038092; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Georgia, Laboratory
of Archaeology, Athens, GA
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 University of Georgia, Laboratory 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amanda Roberts Thompson, The University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology, 1125 E Whitehall Road, Athens, GA 30605,
telephone (706) 542-8373, 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
University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Ancestor remains representing at minimum 31 individuals were
removed from 9BR2 in Bartow County, Georgia. The site was excavated
during field schools by the University of Georgia (UGA) in 1988, 1989,
and 1990 under the direction of Dave Hally. The 185 associated funerary
objects include indigenous ceramics, lithic fragments, faunal remains,
charcoal, and shell. The collection was then housed at the University
of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology after each field school and there
is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum one individual were
removed from 9BR9, Walt Jones Farm in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1972,
Claire Wilkie and R.S. Dickens collected ancestors that were disturbed
from a road cut at 9BR9. In 1991, Georgia State University transferred
the collection to UGA. The collection was then housed at the University
of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology. No associated funerary objects
are present and there is no record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum one individual were
removed from 9BR26, Raccoon Creek in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1984,
Bill Kilmer excavated at the site and the collection was then housed at
the collection then housed at the University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology. The 133 associated funerary objects include indigenous
ceramics, burnt clay, and lithics. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum four individuals were
removed from 9BR57, Garfield in Bartow County, Georgia. James Chapman's
name is associated with the material housed at the UGA Laboratory of
Archaeology so this collection was likely excavated in the 1960s. This
collection was transferred to the Laboratory in 1991 from Georgia State
University by Lewis Larson and given the Catalogue Number 34310. No
associated funerary objects are present. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum one individual were
removed from 9BR195 in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951 Mary Kellogg
visited the site and surface collected material from it and then housed
at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. No associated funerary objects
are present. There is no record of any potentially hazardous substances
used to treat the ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum 18 individuals were
removed from 9BR199, Cora Harris in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951,
Arthur Kelly and Mary Kellogg had a field school at this site and
excavated at least two burials. The collection was then housed at the
UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. The 180 associated funerary objects
include botanicals, shell, faunal including bear teeth and
indeterminate claws, indigenous ceramics, animal effigy, shell beads,
copper beads, lithics, ppks, and melted red glass. There is no record
of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum three individuals were
removed from 9BR201, Raines Cave in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951,
Arthur Kelly and Mary Kellogg had a field school at this site. The
collection was then housed at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. No
associated funerary objects are present. There is no record of any
potentially hazardous substances used to treat the ancestors or
associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum one individual were
removed from 9BR677 in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1988, Todd Frizelle
and T. Jeffrey Price surface collected at the site. The collection was
then housed at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. No associated
funerary objects are present. There is no record of any potentially
hazardous substances used to treat the ancestors or associated funerary
objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum two individuals were
removed from 9BR1224, Ammons Cave in Bartow County, Georgia. In 1951,
Charles Thompson surface collected at the site. The collection was then
housed at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. A total of 16 associated
funerary objects are present, including unmodified lithics, faunal, and
shell. There is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used
to treat the ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum 39 individuals were
removed from 9GO4, Thompson in Gordon County, Georgia. Initial
collection at the site was done by Scheppler in 1968. He surface-
collected ancestors in addition to cultural material. Formal
excavations were done by John Worth from 1999-2001. Worth identified
four burials
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during his work at the site. While subsequent excavators at the site
exposed and collected ancestors no other burials were ever identified
or labeled. Excavations continued at the site from 2002-2009 by Julie
Gayle Markin and James Langford through the Coosawattee Foundation and
the University of Georgia. There are ancestors present for almost all
of these field seasons. The collection was then housed at the UGA
Laboratory of Archaeology. The 776 associated funerary objects include
indigenous ceramics, lithics, soil, burnt clay, faunal including drum
fish teeth, ceramic ear pin, effigy, cone shaped ceramic, ceramic discs
and flotation samples. There is no record of any potentially hazardous
substances used to treat the ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Ancestor remains representing at minimum two individuals were
removed from 9GO8, Baxter in Gordon County, Georgia. In 1968, WW
Scheppler surface collected at the site. The collection was then housed
at the UGA Laboratory of Archaeology. The 63 associated funerary
objects include indigenous ceramics, lithics, faunal, and shell. There
is no record of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the
ancestors or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the ancestors and associated funerary objects described in this
notice.
Determinations
The University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology has determined
that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 103 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 1,353 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Kialegee
Tribal Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 17,
2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
University of Georgia, Laboratory 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 University
of Georgia, Laboratory 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 10.10.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-13241 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
