Notice of Inventory Completion: The San Diego Archaeological Center, San Diego, CA, 86364 [2024-25193]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 86364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25193]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038964; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The San Diego Archaeological 
Center, San Diego, CA

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 San Diego Archaeological Center 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 November 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Sandoval, Executive Director, The San Diego 
Archaeological Center, 16666 San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA 
92027, telephone (760) 291-0370, 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 
San Diego Archaeological Center, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing at 
least one individual has been reasonably identified. The associated 
funerary objects are currently zero/undetermined, awaiting consultation 
results. This site (CA-SDI-16502) is in the north part of San Diego 
County near the City of Vista. The site boundaries are north of W Vista 
Way, near Buena Vista Creek. Archaeological testing was performed at 
CA-SDI-16,502 on October 26, 29, and November 1, 2004. The purpose of 
archaeological testing was to determine the horizontal and vertical 
extent of any intact cultural deposits within the proposed project 
limits of the American Medical Center complex. The collection was 
delivered to the San Diego Archaeological Center on May 23, 2005. The 
human remains were identified in the collection upon curation and sent 
back to the CRM firm for confirmation by the medical examiner. The 
medical examiner assessed the remains and determined them to be 
possibly human. The Native American Heritage Commission named the Pauma 
Band of Luiseno Indians to be Most Likely Descendant, on behalf of the 
San Luis Rey (non-Federally recognized) Band. No known potentially 
hazardous substances have been used to treat any of the human remains 
nor associated funerary objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available, cultural affiliation is 
reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition 
history of the human remains and associated funerary objects described 
in this notice.

Determinations

    The San Diego Archaeological Center has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least one individual of Native American 
ancestry.
     The associated funerary objects related to the Human 
Remains described in this notice are unknown, awaiting consultation 
results.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Pauma 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, 
California.

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 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 November 29, 2024. 
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the San Diego 
Archaeological Center 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 San Diego Archaeological Center 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: October 25, 2024
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-25193 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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