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Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

expeditions led by Edwin Curtiss. These 

cultural items consist of unassociated 

funerary objects from six sites. The 66 

unassociated funerary objects at Fortune 

Mounds (state site number 3CS71; 

Parkin Phase) include 64 items that are 

present at the PMAE and two items that 

are not currently located. The 64 items 

present at the PMAE are two lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 50 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, one lot consisting of 

charcoal, eight lots consisting of faunal 

items, and three lots consisting of stone 

items. The two lots not currently located 

are two lots consisting of faunal items. 

The 95 unassociated funerary objects 

at Halcomb’s Mounds (state site number 

3CS28; Parkin Phase) include 94 objects 

that are present at the PMAE and one 

object that is not currently located. The 

94 objects present are two lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 79 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, five lots consisting of faunal 

items, five lots consisting of stone items, 

one lot consisting of clay items, one lot 

consisting of floral items, one lot 

consisting of an unidentified organic 

item. The one object not present is one 

lot consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments. 

The 156 unassociated funerary objects 

at Neeley’s Ferry Mounds (state site 

number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) include 

154 objects that are present at the PMAE 

and two objects that are not currently 

located. The 154 objects present at the 

PMAE are: six lots consisting of ceramic 

items, 116 lots consisting of ceramic 

vessel or vessel fragments, 22 lots 

consisting of faunal items, seven lots 

consisting of stone items, one lot 

consisting of floral items, and two lots 

consisting of charcoal items. The two 

objects not present are one lot consisting 

of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 

and one lot consisting of faunal remains. 

The 14 unassociated funerary objects 

at Robinson’s Mound (Parkin Phase) are 

one lot consisting of ceramic items, 11 

lots consisting of ceramic vessel or 

vessel fragments, one lot consisting of 

faunal items, and one lot consisting of 

clay items. 

The 161 unassociated funerary objects 

at Rose Mound (state site number 

3CS27; Parkin Phase) are four lots 

consisting of ceramic items, 129 lots 

consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel 

fragments, 13 lots consisting of faunal 

items, eight lots consisting of stone 

items, four lots consisting of clay items, 

one lot consisting of floral items, and 

two lots consisting of metal items. 

The 39 unassociated funerary objects 

at Stanley Mounds, also known as 

Parkin Site (state site number 3CS29; 

Parkin Phase) are one lot consisting of 

ceramic items, 33 lots consisting of 

ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, four 

lots consisting of faunal items, and one 

lot consisting of copper items. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, folklore, 

geographical information, historical 

information, kinship, linguistics, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, or 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the PMAE has 

determined that: 

• The 531 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Quapaw Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by 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 a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after March 27, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the PMAE must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The PMAE is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program, University of 

Iowa, Iowa City, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office 

of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) 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. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Buena Vista, 

Cherokee, Mills, O’Brien, Plymouth, and 

Polk Counties, IA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

March 27, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of 

the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 

Program, University of Iowa, 700 S 

Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 

telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.edu. 

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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the OSA–BP. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the OSA–BP. 

Description 

In 2019, human remains representing, 

at minimum, six individuals were 

removed from the Joy Creek Major site 

(13PM7) in Plymouth County, IA. 

Flood-related breaches in a levee near 

the site caused the erosion of a mortuary 

feature and the scattering of human 

remains across an agricultural field. The 

human remains were collected by 

personnel from the Sanford Museum in 

Cherokee, IA, and the OSA–BP. An 

older adolescent or young adult male, a 

middle to older adult possible male, and 

three adults of unknown age and sex are 

represented by the human remains. A 

child 10-to-12 years old is represented 

by a naturally-shed deciduous tooth 

(BP3443). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

In 1959 and 1963, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from the 

Wittrock Site (13OB4) in O’Brien 

County, IA. Archeological excavations 

of this Mill Creek village were 

conducted by the University of Iowa in 

1959 and 1965, and by the University of 

Wisconsin-Madison in 1963. Human 

skeletal remains identified during the 

1959 and 1965 excavations were 

previously reported and reburied in 

1978. In 2010, a human patella from the 

1963 excavation of 13OB4 was 

transferred from the Department of 

Anthropology at the University of 

Wisconsin-Madison to the Iowa Office 

of the State Archaeologist (OSA). Two 

teeth from the 1963 excavation were 

transferred from the Sanford Museum in 

Cherokee, Iowa, to the OSA–BP in 2014. 

Additional human elements from the 

1959 excavation were identified in the 

OSA Repository in 2014–2015 and 

transferred to the OSA–BP (Burial 

Projects 3017, 3068, 3095). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1955, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual was 

removed from the Phipps Site (13CK21) 

in Cherokee County, IA. Archeological 

excavations of this Mill Creek village 

were conducted by Reynold Ruppe ́ and 

sponsored by the Northwest Chapter of 

the Iowa Archaeological Society, the 

Sanford Museum, and the University of 

Iowa from 1952–1956. Faunal remains 

from the 1955 field season were housed 

at the Sanford Museum before being 

transferred to the OSA–BP in 2018. 

During processing of these faunal 

remains, a single human tooth was 

identified and transferred to the OSA– 

BP. The tooth, bearing the catalog 

number CK4042, represents an older 

adult (Burial Project 3394). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from the 

Phipps Site (13CK21), the Bultman Site 

(13BV2) and site 13CK1. An 

archeologist from the Sanford Museum 

in Cherokee County, Iowa, noted the 

human remains on display at Jim’s 

History Barn in Peterson, IA. The 

human remains were confiscated by the 

OSA–BP in 2019. At a minimum, four 

individuals, one juvenile and three 

adults, are represented by a phalanx, 

three isolated teeth and a partial 

mandible (Burial Project 3478). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1969, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual was 

removed from the Broken Kettle West 

Site (13PM25) in Plymouth County, IA. 

The site was excavated in 1969 by the 

University of Nebraska. At an unknown 

date, these human remains were 

transferred to the OSA and rediscovered 

in the OSA repository in 2019 (Burial 

Project 3482). Two mandibular 

fragments represent one young adult 

(20–35 years old) of indeterminate sex. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1966, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from sites 13PM32, 13PM33, 

and possibly 13PM25 in Plymouth 

County, IA. The original location was 

indicated as being on the Blue Diamond 

Ranch, site numbers 13PM32 and 

13PM33, where the University of 

Wisconsin excavated in 1966. At an 

unknown date cremated human remains 

from these sites were transferred to the 

University of Missouri. A bag with the 

remains was also labeled 13PM25. In 

January of 2023, the American 

Archaeology Division of the University 

of Missouri transferred the human 

remains to the OSA–BP (Burial Project 

3747). Fragmentary cremated human 

remains represent four adults of 

indeterminate age and sex. The one 

associated funerary object is one lot of 

charcoal. 

In 1963, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 26 individuals were 

removed from site 13PK38, also called 

the West Des Moines Burial Site, in Polk 

County, IA. The burial site was 

impacted by construction in 1963 and 

subsequently excavated by the State 

Department of History and Archives, 

now the State Historical Society of Iowa. 

Human remains excavated were 

transferred to the OSA in 1983 and then 

temporarily loaned to Doug Owsley 

while at Louisiana State University in 

1985. Owsley then took the collection 

with him upon his transition to the 

Smithsonian Institution’s National 

Museum of Natural History. The human 

remains were transferred back to the 

OSA–BP in November of 2021 (Burial 

Project 3641). Mostly complete but 

commingled human remains represent 

at least 21 adult individuals, two 

infants, and three juveniles ranging in 

age from 2–17 years old. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1971 and 1972, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13ML130 

in Mills County, IA. Excavations were 

conducted at 13ML130 in 1971 and 

1972 in a series of salvage archeology 

efforts in association with the Iowa 

Highway Program. Archeological 

material from the excavation was 

housed at the OSA repository. In 2014, 

a partial mandible and an isolated tooth 

were transferred to the OSA–BP after 

being discovered in the faunal material 

from 13ML130. The human remains 

represent one individual of 

indeterminate age and sex (BP 3066). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1971 and 1972, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13ML135 

in Mills County, IA. Excavations were 

conducted at 13ML135 in 1971 and 

1972 in a series of salvage archeology 

efforts in association with the Iowa 

Highway Program. Archeological 

material from the excavation was 

housed at the OSA repository. In 2014, 

a foot phalanx was transferred to the 

OSA–BP after being discovered in the 

faunal material from 13ML135. Thin 

sections of human long bones were also 

found among the artifacts. The human 

remains represent one individual of 

indeterminate age and sex (BP 3067). 

The 90 associated funerary objects are 

17 potsherds, three rim sherds, one bone 

fish hook, one knife fragment, one celt 

tip, three worked flakes, 10 unworked 

flakes, 26 faunal bone fragments, two 

charcoal samples, one nutshell, one 

wood sample, one piece of daub, five 

pieces of limestone, and 18 unmodified 

rocks. 

In 1971 and 1972 human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from 13ML139 

in Mills County, IA, during a series of 

salvage archeology efforts in association 

with the Iowa Highway Program. 

Archeological material from the 

excavation were subsequently housed in 

the OSA repository. In 2017, a 


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deciduous tooth crown was transferred 

to the OSA–BP after being discovered in 

the faunal material from 13ML139. The 

human remains represent one juvenile 

individual 10.5–11.5 years old (BP 

3302). No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

In 1969 and 1970, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from a 

Nebraska Phase earthlodge site 

(13ML124) in Mills County, IA. The 

human remains were excavated from the 

site between 1969 and 1970 and were 

stored in the OSA repository. In 2003, 

the human remains were discovered in 

the OSA repository (OSA accession 

#312) and transferred to the OSA–BP. 

An older juvenile and a young adult are 

represented by a femur and a single 

tooth (Burial Project 1724). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1995, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from site 13ML175 in Mills 

County, IA. The human remains were 

excavated from 13ML175 during a Phase 

III archeological project conducted by 

the OSA in advance of road 

construction. The human remains were 

transferred to the OSA–BP. A child 

between the ages of 10 and 12 years is 

represented by the naturally shed 

deciduous tooth (Burial Project 849). No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, archeological information, 

biological information, geographical 

information, historical information, 

linguistics, and oral tradition. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the OSA–BP has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 51 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 91 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 relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after March 27, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Office of the State Archaeologist 

Bioarchaeology Program 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 Office of the 

State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 

Program is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 

and Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

This notice was submitted before the 

effective date of the revised regulations 

(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, 

effective January 12, 2024). As the 

notice conforms to the mandatory 

format of the Federal Register and 

includes the required information, the 

National Park Service is publishing this 

notice as submitted. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: February 16, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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