[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51359-51360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13241]


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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.
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