[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65726-65727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27709]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027084; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Andover, MA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology (formerly the 
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology) has corrected an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on September 13, 2005. 
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals and the number 
of associated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or 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 
to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 with information in 
support of the request to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 
Archaeology at the address in this notice by January 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 
749-4490, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody 
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow County, GA 
and Little Egypt site, Murray County, GA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of human remains and associated 
funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 
Federal Register (70 FR 54075-54076, September 13, 2005). During a re-
inventory inconsistencies in the original count of both the minimum 
number of individuals and associated funerary objects were identified. 
One individual had been counted twice; an additional individual was 
identified; and objects associated with the additional individual, 
which had previously been identified as unassociated funerary objects, 
were now designated associated funerary objects. Confusion regarding 
which individuals were from Etowah versus Little Egypt also was 
resolved with the re-inventory. Additionally, the re-inventory 
correlated original ledger book entries with cataloged and re-cataloged 
objects, thus identifying previously unknown burial associations. 
Finally, many associated funerary objects that were misidentified or 
miscounted in the original inventory (likely due to attempts to count 
the large numbers of shell beads) were corrected, identified and 
counted. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has 
not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075, September 13, 2005), column 
2, paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Between 1925 and 1928, human remains representing a minimum of 
94 individuals were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow County, GA, 
by Warren King Moorehead of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology.

    In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075, September 13, 2005), column 
2, paragraph 4, sentence 3 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 21,638 associated funerary objects are 34 animal bone 
fragments and fragment lots; one basketry fragment with clay matrix 
lot; three burnt clay, ceramic sherds, and animal bones in lot; one 
ceramic bead; two ceramic elbow pipes, one ceramic basket- or canoe-
shaped pipe; one ceramic handle; 21 ceramic sherds; eight ceramic 
vessels; one lot of charcoal and soil; one concretion; two fragments 
of a copper axe with wooden handle; one copper covered wooden top 
knot, serpent shaped; two copper disks; 680 copper fragments, 
including wood fragments, copper bilobed arrow ornament, mica, 
adhered shell beads, textile and matting fragments, animal bone; 90 
copper headdress, hair ornaments and fragments; 69 copper repousse 
plates and fragments; three fragments of daub and fire-hardened 
soil; 175 freshwater pearl beads; 56 freshwater periwinkle shells; 
seven freshwater shells and fragments; one fur fragment with copper 
staining; four galena crystals; one bear canine; one kaolin core 
with copper; one lot of kaolin, bark, animal bone fragments, mica, 
soil, and ceramic sherds; four large flint bifaces or swords; 11 
chipped stone projectile points; one ground stone tool fragment; 
three leather fragments; one limestone spatulate celt; one lump of 
mineral ore; 108 matting fragments, including copper stained 
matting, textiles, and adhered shell beads; 83 mica fragments, some 
with copper stained matrix; 405 miscellaneous shells and small 
shells; 11 modified animal bone fragments; one quartz preform; 
19,352 shell beads, including diverse sizes and shapes (round, 
ovoid, tubular, disc, barrel, elongated, irregular), as well as 
mixed lots of shell beads, freshwater pearl beads, Olivella and 
Marginella shell

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beads, soil matrix, ceramic sherds, as well as copper stained shell 
beads, and fragments and deteriorated beads; two rough shell disks; 
12 shell gorgets and gorget fragments; 166 small stones; three soil 
samples; 10 pieces of wood and animal bone mixed with soil in lot; 
five stone celts and fragments; one stone discoidal; 10 textile 
fragments, including some mixed lots with wood, copper fragments, 
and shell beads; nine tortoise shell strips or bands; one unmodified 
horse conch shell; six whelk shell cup fragments; 22 whelk shell 
fragments; two whelk shell columella ornaments and fragments; 237 
wood fragments, and mixed lots of wood with copper staining, mica, 
and soil; one worked stone fragment; two large Atlantic cockle 
shells; and one ``puffball'' fungus.

    In the Federal Register (70 FR 54076, September 13, 2005), column 
1, paragraph 1, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Between 1927 and 1928, human remains representing a minimum of 
10 individuals were removed from the Little Egypt site in Murray 
County, GA, by Warren King Moorehead of the Robert S. Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology.

    In the Federal Register (70 FR 54076, September 13, 2005), column 
1, paragraph 1, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    The 43 associated funerary objects are six miscellaneous shells 
and small shells; 18 shell beads; two shell gorgets; five ceramic 
vessels; two whelk shell ornaments; and 10 shell ornaments and 
fragments.

    In the Federal Register (70 FR 54076, September 13, 2005), column 
2, paragraph 1, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology also 
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 21,681 
objects described above are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later 
as part of a death rite or ceremony.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 with information in 
support of the request to Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of 
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, 
telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], by January 22, 
2019. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Kialegee Tribal Town; 
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of Creek 
Indians of Alabama); The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the Thlopthlocco 
Tribal Town (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'') may proceed.
    The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for 
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 28, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-27709 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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