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mound was primarily domiciliary rather 

than mortuary in nature. There are no 

radiocarbon dates from this site. The 

artifacts recovered indicate multiple 

occupations during the Late Archaic, 

Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, and 

Mississippian, Kogers Island phase 

(A.D. 1200–1500). Most of the burials 

are from the Kogers Island phase. 

The human remains removed from the 

McKelvey Mound are primarily adults, 

but sex could not be determined for 

most individuals. No known individuals 

were identified. There are 79 associated 

funerary objects including one Bell 

Plain bottle; one biface; one burnishing 

stone; one celt; one cobble; two cortical 

flakes; one Flint Creek PP/K; five pieces 

of galena; three Guntersville PP/K; five 

Hamilton PP/K; two hammerstones; one 

McKee Island Complicated Stamped 

sherd; four Mississippi Plain jars; 44 

Mississippi Plain sherds; one polished 

stone palette; one pebble; two 

unidentified PP/K; and three utilized 

flakes. 

From January 16 to April 26, 1937, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 24 individuals were 

excavated from the Fisher Mound, 

40HN4/40HR54, in Hardin County, TN, 

by the AMNH. TVA acquired this site 

on July 25, 1936, as part of the Pickwick 

Reservoir project. The site was 

approximately 400 feet north of the 

border with Alabama on the right 

descending side of the Tennessee River. 

The site’s most noticeable surface 

feature was a conical mound 70 feet in 

diameter and 11 feet high. Using WPA 

labor and funds, the AMNH excavated 

the mound and three adjacent areas. 

There are no radiocarbon dates from this 

site, and very little pottery was 

recovered in the village area. The 

mound is generally identified as a 

mortuary structure from the Copena 

phase (A.D. 100–500). 

The fragmentary nature of the human 

remains from the Fisher Mound made it 

difficult to identify gender, but infants, 

juveniles and adults are represented. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

52 associated funerary objects include 

one chert biface; one stone celt; one coal 

fragment; 12 copper beads; 32 pieces of 

galena; four pieces of mica; and one 

Nolichucky PP/K. 

Determinations Made by the Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

Officials of Tennessee Valley 

Authority have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice are 

Native American, based on their presence in 

prehistoric archeological sites and 

osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 3,027 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 

23,968 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity cannot 

be reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day Indian 

Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court of 

Federal Claims, the land from which the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects were removed is 

the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 

in Oklahoma. 

• The Treaty of September 20, 1816, 

indicates that the land from which the Native 

American human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed is the 

aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the 

disposition of the human remains may be to 

the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; 

and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 

in Oklahoma have declined to accept transfer 

of control of the human remains. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(4), TVA has 

decided to transfer control of the funerary 

objects associated with the culturally 

unidentifiable human remains to The 

Chickasaw Nation. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher, TVA, 

400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, 

Knoxville, TN 37902–1401, telephone 

(865) 632–7458, email tomaher@tva.gov, 

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 Chickasaw Nation may 

proceed. 

The Tennessee Valley Authority is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: November 28, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027068; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

University of Tennessee, Department 

of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Tennessee, 

Department of Anthropology (UTK) has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. 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 UTK. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 UTK at the address in this 

notice by January 22, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, 

University of Tennessee, Office of the 

Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, 

Knoxville, TN 37996–0152, telephone 

(865) 974–2445, email rhinde@utk.edu 

and vpaa@utk.edu. 

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 completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

University of Tennessee, Department of 

Anthropology, Knoxville, TN. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Site 

40MU260, the Brown site, in Maury 

County, TN. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 


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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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the University of 

Tennessee, Department of Anthropology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1978 and 1979, upon the 

urging of the private landowner, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 47 

individuals were removed from 

40MU260, the Brown site in Maury 

County, TN, by Ken Steverson and 

members of the Duck River Chapter of 

the Tennessee Archaeological Society, 

after home construction and earthmoving equipment caused the exposure 

of several stone box graves. At an 

unknown date, likely in 1979 or soon 

thereafter, the human remains were 

transferred to the University of 

Tennessee (UTK) Department of 

Anthropology. These individuals 

include 12 females or probable females, 

17 males or probable males, five adults 

of indeterminate sex, and 13 subadults. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The 6,075 associated funerary objects 

include: Three tools worked into awls; 

10 bifacially worked tools or tool 

fragments; 54 scrapers or blades, most 

made out of retouched flakes; 29 partial 

projectile points and knives; one chert 

core; 43 pieces of lithic shatter; 358 

chert waste flakes; five celt fragments; 

one extremely large celt, 28 cm long by 

15 cm wide; one fragmentary 

groundstone tool; one grinding stone; 

four hammerstones; four pieces of 

hematite with evidence of grinding, 

perhaps used for pigment; one polished 

fossiliferous stone; 12 pieces of 

sandstone, of which six show usewear 

as abraders; one sandstone discoidal; 

four pieces of limestone, of which two 

are burned; 62 nonculturally altered 

rocks associated with burials, including 

crinoid fossils, pieces of fossil shell 

conglomerate limestone and sandstone; 

5003 ceramic sherds recovered directly 

from burial contexts, described as the 

sherd ‘‘floor’’ of the stone box grave; 60 

pieces of burned clay; 360 faunal bones 

and teeth, with identified species 

including box turtle, domesticated dog, 

turkey, bear, cotton rat and deer; nine 

samples of charcoaled botanical 

remains; and four bags of sediment from 

burial areas of the site. Included as part 

of the 6075 associated funerary objects 

are 45 artifacts temporally affiliated 

with the historic period: 26 Ceramic 

vessel sherds, one ceramic marble, six 

pieces of glass, seven nails, two pieces 

of metal strap, one horseshoe fragment, 

one pocket knife, and one piece of slate 

that may be from a writing tablet. 

The Brown site is a multi-component 

site, though the majority of artifacts 

consist of pottery vessel sherds which 

date to the Mississippian period. Most 

of these artifacts were recovered directly 

from burial contexts, as the stone box 

burials at the site were lined with 

broken vessel sherds, creating a ‘‘floor’’ 

for the burial. The Middle Cumberland 

Culture of central Tennessee, which 

dates from the Middle Mississippian 

period to well into the late 

Mississippian period (A.D. 1100–1500), 

is known for this type of mortuary 

complex, and particularly the use of 

stone box graves (Ferguson 1972). Stone 

box graves are pit graves that have been 

lined and covered with stone (typically 

limestone, but sometimes slate or shale). 

These graves sometimes have prepared 

floors of pebbles or pottery sherds, as in 

the case of 40MU260 (Dowd 1972). 

These floor sherds came from a variety 

of vessels, but the vast majority are 

plain, shell-tempered sherds typical of 

the Mississippian period. Identifiable 

vessel types include jars, bowls with 

crenulated rims, a hexagonal bowl, 

effigy vessels, and bottles. Some jars 

have strap handles and some have lug 

or notched lug handles. Some sherds 

have surface incising in an angular 

guilloche pattern. However, the majority 

of the sherds appear to be from large, 

plain, shell-tempered jars. A few sherds 

in this collection, 37 in total, have grog, 

limestone, or quartz tempering and 

textile or cordmarked impressed 

surfaces. These ceramics may represent 

an earlier Woodland occupation of the 

site, particularly since most were found 

in midden context or during surface 

collection. Diagnostic lithics, such as 

projectile points and blades, include Elk 

River, Morrow Mountain, Benton, 

Bakers Creek, Kanawha, Hardin Barbed, 

Guntersville, Lowe, and Swan Lake 

types and date from the Early Archaic 

through the Late Mississippian temporal 

periods. The majority are from Middle 

Archaic (roughly 5,500–3,000 B.C.) 

indicating earlier prehistoric 

occupations in addition to the primary 

Mississippian period occupation. This 

site likely has a historic component as 

well, and artifacts from the historic era 

might possibly have gotten mixed into 

the prehistoric features during 

construction activities. As these historic 

artifacts were associated and collected 

with the prehistoric artifacts during 

excavation, they have been included in 

this inventory. The ceramics include 

transfer-printed whiteware and 

saltglazed stoneware dating from 

roughly the mid-1800s into the early 

1900s. One crown-cap style bottle 

fragment dates from 1892 or later. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Tennessee, Department of 

Anthropology 

Officials of the University of 

Tennessee, Department of Anthropology 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice are 

Native American based on archeological 

context and osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 47 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 

6,075 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity cannot 

be reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day Indian 

Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(15), the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects were 

removed was not the tribal land of any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court of 

Federal Claims, the land from which the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects were removed is 

the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive 

Orders, indicate that the land from which the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects were removed is 

the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 

in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 


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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 Dr. Robert Hinde, University 

of Tennessee, Office of the Provost, 527 

Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 

37996–0152, telephone (865) 974–2445, 

email rhinde@utk.edu and vpaa@

utk.edu, 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 Cherokee Nation; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

The University of Tennessee, 

Department of Anthropology is 

responsible for notifying the Cherokee 

Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee 

Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: November 28, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27646 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027078; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 should submit a written 

request to the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology at the 

address in this notice by January 22, 

2019. 

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum 

Curator and Director of Research and 

Repatriation, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu. 

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 completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA. The human remains 

were removed from Dickson County, 

TN. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band 

of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1879, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from a mound at the site of 

Anderson’s Farm (40DS44), in Dickson 

County, TN, by Edwin Curtiss as part of 

a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology expedition led by F. W. 

Putnam. No known individuals were 

identified. 

During 1886–1887, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from near 

Nashville in Dickson County, TN, by 

George T. Halley, and donated by him 

to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology in 1887. No known 

individuals were identified. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

osteological analysis and/or 

archeological contexts, and museum 

records. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of 

Congress, or Executive Orders, the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern 

Band of Cherokee Indians; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band 

of Cherokee Indians; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Patricia Capone, Museum 

Curator and Director of Research and 

Repatriation, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu, by January 22, 2019. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology is responsible for 

notifying the Cherokee Nation; Eastern 


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