[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18240-18243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9095]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Arkansas Archeological 
Survey, Fayetteville, AR.
     This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
     A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Arkansas 
Archeological Survey professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
     In 1967, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Barkman Mound (3CL7), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from Rorie Place (3CL23), Clark County, AR, by Arkansas 
Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from Old Salt Works (3CL27), Clark County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Flenniken site (3CL55), Clark County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
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Moore Mound (3CL56), Clark County, AR, were donated to the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on 
material culture, the Moore Mound has been identified as a Social Hill 
phase (A.D. 1500-1600) occupation.
     In 1969, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Malvern Sewage Pond (3HS36), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated 
to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1970, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Allen's Field (3CL97), Clark County, AR, were collected by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1970, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from the Myers site (3HS38), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
from the Kirkham Place/May Mound site (3CL29), Clark County, AR, were 
donated to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
     In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Shepherd Mound (3CL39), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were recovered from the Bill Duke #3 site (3CL90), Clark County, AR, 
during rescue excavations conducted by Arkansas Archeological Survey 
personnel. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
     In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from site 3GR7, Grant County, AR, were donated to the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Bob Fisher Mound (3HS22), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated to 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1971, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the ``Middle of the Road'' site (3PI24), Pike 
County, AR, by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1972, human remains representing a minimum of five individuals 
from the Middle Meadow site (3HS19), Hot Spring County, AR, were 
acquired by the Arkansas Archeological Survey. This collection consists 
of human remains recovered by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel 
and donations to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by unknown donors. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
     In 1972, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals 
from the Sam Hedges site (3HS60), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated 
to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. Base on material culture, site 3HS60 has been dated to the 
Caddo IV (A.D. 1500-1700) and Social Hill phase (A.D. 1500-1600) 
periods.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from the Old Salt Works site (3CL27), Clark County, AR, were donated to 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
from site 3CL63, Clark County, AR, were donated to the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from H. Jones Place (3CL79), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of 24 individuals 
from site 3HS60, Hot Spring County, AR, were donated to the Arkansas 
Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No knows individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on 
material culture, site 3HS60 has been identified as a Social Hill phase 
(A.D. 1500-1600) to Caddo IV (A.D. 1500-1700) period settlement.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from an unprovenienced site along the Little Missouri River, AR, were 
donated to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of 14 individuals 
from Saline Bayou (3CL24), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on 
material culture, the Saline Bayou site has been identified as a 
Caddoan-Mid-Ouachita phase (A.D. 1400-1500) occupation.
     In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
from Moore Mound (3CL56), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on 
material culture, the Moore Mound has been identified as a Social Hill 
phase (A.D. 1500-1600) occupation.
     In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of 22 individuals 
from Copeland Ridge (3CL195), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on 
material culture, the Copeland Ridge site has been identified as a 
Social Hill phase (A.D. 1500-1600) to the Caddo IV period (A.D. 1500-
1700) occupation.
     In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of six individuals 
from Denham Mound (3HS15), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individuals 
were identified. The one associated funerary object is a shell hoe. 
Based on material culture, the Denham Mound site has been identified as 
a Caddo III (A.D. 1400-1500) phase through Caddo IV (A.D. 1500-1700) 
phase site.
     In 1974, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Upper Meador Farm (3HS33), Hot Spring County, AR, were donated to 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1975, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from Smith Mound (3CL162), Clark County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
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identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1975, human remains representing a minimum three individuals 
were recovered from the Standridge site (3MN53), Montgomery County, AR, 
during excavations conducted by the Arkansas Archeological Survey for 
the Arkansas Archeological Society Training Program. No known 
individuals were identified. The 61 associated funerary objects include 
arrow points, shell beads, a celt, a chipped biface, a ceramic bottle, 
ceramic jars, ceramic bowls, ceramic vessels, turtle shell objects, 
bone pins, a worked deer ulna, a beaver incisor, river mussel shells, a 
lump of clay, turquoise beads, and a shell cup. Based on the types of 
associated funerary objects, these burials have been dated to the Caddo 
III period (A.D. 1400-1500).
     In 1978, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from the Duval site (3GR61), Grant County, AR, were donated to the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from Old Salt Works (3CL27), Clark County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the surface of the Kirkham Place/May Mound site 
(3CL29), Clark County, AR, by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
     At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were collected from the surface of Kirkham Place (3CL29), 
Clark County, AR, by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from Hardin Mound (3CL196), Clark County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Hardin #3 site (3CL320), Clark County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from Cooper Place (3HS1), Hot Spring County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Henson site (3MN280), Montgomery County, AR, by 
Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Joe Walker #10 site (3SA127), Saline County, 
AR, by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Joe Walker #11 site (3SA128), Saline County, AR 
by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1980, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from the Allen's Field site (3CL97), Clark County, AR, 
by Arkansas Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1980, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from site 3HS147, Hot Spring County, AR, by Arkansas 
Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
     In 1987, human remains representing a minimum of 24 individuals 
were recovered from the Hardman site (3CL418), Clark County, AR, during 
legally authorized excavations conducted by the Sponsored Research 
Program of the Arkansas Archeological Survey under contract to the 
Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department. No known individuals 
were identified. The 106 associated funerary objects include arrow 
points, ceramic bottles, ceramic bowls, a ceramic cup, ceramic jars, a 
green clay patty, river cobbles, freshwater bivalve shells, shell 
beads, and shell discs. Based on the types of associated funerary 
objects, these burials have been dated to the Late Caddo, Deceiper 
phase (A.D. 1600-1700).
     In 1989, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
from an unprovenienced site near Arkadelphia, Clark County, AR, were 
donated to the Arkansas Archeological Survey by an unknown donor. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual from an unprovenienced site in southwestern Arkansas came 
into the possession of the Arkansas Archeological Survey under unknown 
circumstances. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
     In 1973, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were collected from site 3MN8, Montgomery County, AR, by Arkansas 
Archeological Survey personnel. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
     Archeological evidence indicates that approximately 1,000 years 
ago, a coherent pattern of material culture characteristics, settlement 
patterns, mound building, and burial practices emerged across 
southwestern Arkansas and neighboring states that continues (with 
localized changes in attributes such as pottery shapes, decorative 
design choices, and arrow point shapes) until the 18th century. Direct 
historic evidence from sites in neighboring States indicates that this 
lifeway was directly ancestral to the historic Caddo cultural 
tradition. Therefore, archeologists have identified these late pre-
contact and proto-historic sites and material culture as ``Caddoan'' or 
``Caddo,'' although no unequivocally documented historic Caddo 
settlements have been found in the State of Arkansas.
     The geographic distribution of sites with a distinct collection of 
artifacts, features, burial practices, and mound construction are found 
throughout southwestern Arkansas south and west of the Arkansas River, 
and as far south on the Ouachita and Saline Rivers as the transition 
zone between the western Gulf Coastal plain and the Felsenthal lowland 
extension of the Lower Mississippi Valley ecosystem. This area is 
currently considered coincident with the distribution of ancestral 
Caddo tradition sites in Arkansas, and in cases where diagnostic 
artifacts are few or unreported, there is a presumptive assumption that 
sites of this time period are ancestral Caddoan. After the beginning of 
the 18th century, the possibility that Native sites (or sites of Old 
World populations) are non-Caddo increases.
     The human remains listed here are from sites that are identifiable 
as ancestral Caddoan, Mississippian period and protohistoric era 
settlements. These evidences may be from surface

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collections and/or collections made through research independent of the 
disinterment of these individuals. Therefore, although most of these 
individuals had no associated funerary objects, general geographic 
location and archeological data; existing evidence from the sites has 
been used to associate these remains with the Caddo Indian Tribe of 
Oklahoma.
     Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
Arkansas Archeological Survey have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of 140 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Arkansas Archeological Survey also have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 168 objects listed above 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. 
Lastly, officials of the Arkansas Archeological Survey have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Caddo 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
     This notice has been sent to officials of the Caddo Indian Tribe 
of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should contact Thomas Green, Director, 
Arkansas Archeological Survey, 2475 North Hatch Avenue, Fayetteville, 
AR 72704, telephone (501) 575-3556, before May 15, 2002. Repatriation 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Caddo 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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