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TVA purchased the land encompassing 

this site on June 12, 1968. 

Site 1FR594 is a mortuary stone 

mound that was primarily used during 

the Middle Woodland Lick Creek phase 

(A.D. 1–300). Its ‘‘donut shape’’ is the 

result of looting. When excavators 

systematically disassembled this stone 

mound, they found human remains 

interspersed among the stone slabs. 

Some burials appear to have been 

primary inhumations topped by stone, 

while others appeared to contain human 

remains that had been cremated or 

defleshed elsewhere and then placed 

among the stones. The excavators did 

not note any prehistoric habitation 

adjacent to this stone mound. The 

human remains represent infants, 

juveniles and adults. Most of the 

remains were too fragmentary to 

determine sex. There are no associated 

funerary objects. 

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 

represent 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 407 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 176 

funerary 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 

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), 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. 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 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027071; 

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 Bedford 

County, Lincoln County, and Stewart 

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 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 UTK professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Circa 1969, human remains 

representing, at minimum, nine 

individuals were removed from 40BD1, 

the Garrett site in Bedford County, TN, 

under the auspices of the Tennessee 

Archaeological Society and the Middle 

Tennessee State University Archaeology 

Club. At an unknown date, likely 

between 1969 and 1976, the human 

remains were transferred to UTK. The 

project was described as a salvage 

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before highway construction began in 

1969. Burial 01 is a possible female, 

middle age adult (35–50 years). Burial 

01A is a possible male, middle to old 

age adult (35–50+ years). Burial 1 is an 

infant, sex unknown, approximately 9 to 

12 months old. Burial 02 is a female, 

middle age adult (30–50 years). Burial 2 

is an adult individual, sex 

indeterminate. Burial 3 is a probable 

female, middle age (35–50?). Burial 4 is 

a probable female, age 45–49 years old. 

Burial 4A is an infant, sex unknown, 

36–40 weeks. Burial F4 is a middle age 

adult, sex indeterminate. No known 

individuals were identified. The 4779 

associated funerary objects include: 

2114 chert waste flakes, 27 bifacially 

worked tools or tool fragments, one core 

fragment, two gravers, one projectile 

point base, one piece of ochre, 130 

pieces of burned clay, one ceramic 

sherd, 1981 faunal bones and teeth (of 

which 53 show evidence of polishing), 

518 fragments of gastropod and mussel 

shell, two pieces of charcoal and one 

bag of sediment. The projectile point 

base is identified as a Morrow Mountain 

Straight Base type, which dates to the 

Middle Archaic Period (circa 5200 to 

5000 B.C.). According to an 

unpublished report on this site 

(McMahan 1976), the presence of a large 

quantity of chipped and ground stone 

tools date this site to the Middle 

Archaic Period (∼5200 to 4000 B.C.). 

Upon reading this report, it is clear that 

additional lithic artifacts (potentially 

funerary objects) were never transferred 

to UTK. 

Between 1968 and 1970, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 40BD48, 

the Garrett site in Bedford County, TN, 

under the auspices of the Rutherford 

Chapter of the Tennessee 

Archaeological Society. At an unknown 

date post 1970, the human remains were 

transferred to UTK. Burial 1 is an infant, 

sex unknown, approximately 38 weeks 

old. No known individuals were 

identified. The 88 associated funerary 

objects are all small fragments of faunal 

bone. The site is thought to date to the 

Early Archaic and Woodland periods 

based on analysis of projectile points 

found at the site (which were never 

transferred to UTK). 

Circa 1971, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from 40LN10, 

possibly also known as the Mulberry 

site, in Lincoln County, TN. The human 

remains were removed by the 

landowner when he was digging to 

create a pond. Members of the 

Tennessee Archaeological Society 

(TAS), Coffee-Franklin County Chapter, 

recorded the site in 1971, noting that the 

northern portion of the site had been 

destroyed. At an unknown date post 

1971, the human remains were 

transferred to UTK. One individual is an 

adult female, age 45 to 50 years. The 

other individual is an adult, possibly a 

young adult (20–35 years?), possibly 

female. No known individuals were 

identified. The 1295 associated funerary 

objects include: 630 lithic waste flakes, 

132 pieces of shatter, 46 bifacially 

worked tools or tool fragments, 11 

scrapers, 47 projectile point fragments, 

27 pieces of limestone, 38 nonculturally modified rocks, two pieces of 

burned limestone, 15 fossils, three 

pieces of sandstone, five pieces of ochre, 

123 pieces of burned clay, 159 ceramic 

sherds, 28 faunal bones, two faunal 

teeth, four pieces of burned wood 

charcoal, five burnt nut shell pieces, 

two possible seeds, two pieces of 

charcoal and 14 bags of sediment. The 

projectile points and knives include 

stemmed and notched types, such as 

New Market, Frazier, Elora, Buzzard 

Roost Creek, Hardin, Kirk, Pickwick, 

Little Bear, and Hopewell and indicate 

a temporal affiliation for this site 

ranging from the Early Archaic 

throughout the Woodland time periods. 

One projectile point appears to be a 

Plainview type, and may represent a 

Transitional Paleo Period point. Upon 

reading the TAS report, it is clear that 

additional lithic artifacts (potentially 

funerary objects) were found but were 

never transferred to UTK. 

At an unknown date, likely post 1965, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual, were 

removed from 40LNxx, the Danny Good 

site in Lincoln County, TN. At an 

unknown date, likely post 1965, this 

individual was transferred to UTK. A 

note accompanying the human remains 

(source and date unknown) states that 

Danny Good encountered a skeletal 

individual while plowing his field, and 

this individual was excavated by Jerry 

Dickey of Lynchburg, TN, a member of 

the Tennessee Archaeological Society. 

This skeletal individual is an adult 

male, age 35 to 39. No known 

individuals were identified. The 108 

associated funerary objects include: 14 

waste flakes, 28 bifacially worked tools 

including a preform, graver, and drill 

fragment, 24 fragmentary projectile 

points, 33 ceramic vessel sherds, seven 

faunal bones, and two pieces of shell. 

The projectile points include Ledbetter, 

Elk River, Mulberry Creek, Eva, Maples, 

Rice, Kirk, King, and Benton types, 

which range in age from the Early 

Archaic and into the Woodland time 

periods, roughly from B.C. 8,000 to A.D. 

900 (Justice 1987). The 33 ceramic 

vessel sherds are all limestone 

tempered; 31 are plain or have a 

cordmarked surface treatment. One 

check stamped sherd and one 

complicated stamped sherd are also 

present. Check stamping appears in the 

McFarland phase in the early Middle 

Woodland Period in this region, 200 

B.C. to A.D. 200 (Faulkner 2002:189, 

199). 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown site in Stewart County, TN. In 

1972, John Dowd sent these individuals 

to UTK. One is a middle aged adult, 

probable female. The other is a young 

adult of indeterminate sex. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In July of 1962, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from 

40SW47, the Allen site in Stewart 

County, TN. Both burials were poorly 

preserved and the few remains that were 

recovered were sent in 1962 to Dr. E. 

Carl Sensenig, Chair of the Department 

of Anatomy at University of Alabama 

Medical Center, for analysis, but no 

report has been found with his findings 

(Morse 1963:48–52). These skeletal 

remains were missing until 1997 when 

they were located at the University of 

Alabama at Birmingham and 

subsequently returned to UTK. Burial 1 

is an adult, possibly male. Burial 2 is a 

subadult, age 13 to 16, of indeterminate 

sex. No known individuals were 

identified. The 19 associated funerary 

objects include: One chert biface 

fragment, one chert core fragment, one 

chert drill fragment, one flint blade or 

knife, one granite nutting stone or 

bipolar anvil, seven chert projectile 

points, two chert uniface scrapers, four 

chert unutilized flakes (one primary; 

one secondary; two tertiary/thinning), 

and one chert flake or angular shatter. 

The flint blade or knife is potentially a 

Benton knife, which dates to the Middle 

Archaic period (6000 to 4000 B.C.E.). 

The seven projectile points all date to 

the Early Archaic period: One is a Kirk 

Corner Notched (7500 to 6900 B.C.E.); 

one is a Kirk cluster (7500 to 6000 

B.C.E.); three are Kirk Serrated and two 

are Kirk Stemmed (both 6900 to 6000 

B.C.E.). 

The Allen site (40SW47) is situated 

on a high knoll overlooking the 

Cumberland River. It was recorded by 

UTK in 1959. In 1962, UTK directed 

archeological excavations at the Allen 

site. Artifacts and associated documents 

from the Allen site were originally 

labeled as 62SW47, with ‘‘62’’ 

designating the area or unit of the site 

that was excavated. Until 2017, 40SW47 


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was considered to be one of several sites 

excavated by UTK as part of the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Lake 

Barkley Project, with funds provided by 

the National Park Service under the 

River Basins Archaeological Salvage 

Program. On 19 July 2017, the USACE 

Nashville District published a Notice of 

Inventory Completion (82 FR 33156) for 

all sites investigated in Tennessee 

during the Lake Barkley project. While 

preparing this notice, the USACE 

determined that 40SW47 lay outside the 

project right-of-way and on private 

property and they concluded that UTK’s 

investigation of the Allen site was 

independent from the Lake Barkley 

project. Consequently, the USACE 

relinquished the materials recovered 

from the Allen site to UTK. 

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 their archeological 

context and an osteological analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 17 

individuals of Native American ancestry. 

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

6,289 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; The 

Chickasaw Nation; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma. 

• 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 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 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 United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

UTK is responsible for notifying the 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw 

Nation; and 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. 2018–27648 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0027077; 

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 DeSoto County, MS. 

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 United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Sometime prior to 1887, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

mound at the Lake Cormorant Site 

(22Ds501), in DeSoto County, MS, by F. 

H. Bierbower. The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology purchased 

these human remains from Mr. 

Bierbower in 1887. No known 

individuals were identified. 


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