[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 92 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27996-27997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11221]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-12724: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items
listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology at the address in this notice by June 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., Director, Robert S. Peabody Museum
of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MA, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1930, four unassociated funerary objects were removed by the
Gila Pueblo Foundation from the site of Pozos de Sonoqui (Sacaton 2:6
and Sacaton 2:7; AZ U:14:49 [ASM]), also known as Queen Creek Ruin and
Sun Temple Ruin, in the Salt River Basin in Pinal and Maricopa
Counties, AZ. Records indicate the four items were removed from
cremation burials, though the human remains are not present. The
objects are two ceramic bowls, one ceramic scoop, and one shell
bracelet.
Between 1927 and 1928, one unassociated funerary object was removed
by the Gila Pueblo Foundation from the Adamsville site (Florence 7: 6
(GP); AZ U:15:1 [ASM]) in Pinal County, AZ. Records indicate that this
item likely was associated with a cremation burial, although no
specific burial is listed. The object is one ceramic bowl.
In 1940, the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology received these
five unassociated funerary objects as part of an exchange with the Gila
Pueblo Foundation. Archaeological evidence indicates the sites of
Adamsville and Pozos de Sonoqui are from the archeologically defined
Hohokam tradition. The occupation of the Adamsville site was
approximately between A.D. 900 and 1450. The occupation of the Pozos de
Sonoqui site was approximately between A.D. 950 and 1450. Mortuary
practices, ethnographic materials, and technology indicate a cultural
affiliation of these Hohokam settlements with present-day O'odham
(Piman) and Puebloan cultures. An August 2000 cultural
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affiliation study, submitted by the Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, addresses continuities between
the Hohokam and the O'odham tribes.
Determinations Made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the five cultural items
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
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Ryan J. Wheeler, Ph.D., Director, Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810,
telephone (978) 749-4490, by June 12, 2013. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this notice has been published.
Dated: April 2, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2013-11221 Filed 5-10-13; 8:45 am]
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