99-8887. Correction Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Pecos Valley, NM in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and ...

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8887]



[[Page 17411]]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Correction-- Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American 
Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Pecos Valley, NM in 
the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    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 from Pecos Valley, NM in the possession of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; 
and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, 
Andover, MA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma, the Hopi 
Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Tribe, the Mescalero 
Apache Tribe, the Navajo Nation, Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of 
Jemez, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and 
Affiliated Tribes.
    Between 1915-1929, human remains representing 1,787 individuals 
were recovered from Pecos Pueblo and mission church sites during 
excavations conducted under the auspices of Phillips Academy by Alfred 
Vincent Kidder. No known individuals were identified. The 498 
associated funerary objects include ceramic vessels, bone awls, bone 
beads, effigies, bone tubes, ceramic fragments, projectile points, 
stone scrapers, chipped stone implements, a red paint stone, stone 
pendants, shell pendants, ceramic ladles, ceramic pipes, wrappings, 
soil samples, antler tools, faunal bone implements, stone knives, stone 
drills, pieces of obsidian, lumps of paint, hammerstones, stone shaft 
straighteners, a stone palette, faunal remains, fossils, a piece of 
copper ore, polishing stones, and textiles.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of 1,921 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), 
the 534 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. Officials of the Robert S. 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology have also determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 19 objects from the three caches at Pecos Pueblo 
listed above are reasonably believed to have been made exclusively to 
be 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 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Robert S. Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(e), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Pueblo of Jemez.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma, the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma, the Hopi Tribe, the Jicarilla 
Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Tribe, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the Navajo 
Nation, Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Santo 
Domingo, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should contact Barbara Issac, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 
022138; telephone [phone]; or James W. Bradley, Director, Robert 
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810; 
telephone: [phone], before May 10, 1999. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Jemez 
may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: March 26, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-8887 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-F