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After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs with assistance 

of the Arizona State Museum is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 17, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Submission of U.S. Nomination to the 

World Heritage List 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior has submitted a nomination to 

the World Heritage List for the 

‘‘Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks,’’ 

consisting of eight properties in Ohio, 

five of which are in Hopewell Culture 

National Historical Park in Ross County: 

Hopeton Earthworks, Mound City, High 

Bank Works, Hopewell Mound Group 

and Seip Earthworks; and three that are 

National Historic Landmarks: Fort 

Ancient in Licking County, owned by 

the State of Ohio, and the Octagon 

Earthworks and Great Circle Earthworks 

in Warren County, owned by the statechartered Ohio History Connection. 

This is the third notice required by the 

Department of the Interior’s World 

Heritage Program regulations. 

ADDRESSES: To request paper copies of 

documents discussed in this notice, 

contact April Brooks, Office of 

International Affairs, National Park 

Service, 1849 C St. NW, Room 2415, 

Washington, DC 20240 (202) 354–1808, 

or sending electronic mail (Email) to: 

april_brooks@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Morris, Chief, Office of 

International Affairs at (202) 354–1803 

or Jonathan Putnam, International 

Cooperation Specialist, at (202) 354– 

1809. Complete information about U.S. 

participation in the World Heritage 

Program and the process used to 

develop the U.S. World Heritage 

Tentative List is posted on the National 

Park Service, Office of International 

Affairs website at: https://www.nps.gov/ 

subjects/internationalcooperation/ 

worldheritage.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

constitutes the official notice of the 

decision by the United States 

Department of the Interior to submit a 

nomination to the World Heritage List 

for the ‘‘Hopewell Ceremonial 

Earthworks,’’ as enumerated in the 

Summary above, and serves as the Third 

Notice referred to in 36 CFR 73.7(j) of 

the World Heritage Program regulations 

(36 CFR part 73). 

The nomination was submitted 

through the U.S. Department of State to 

the World Heritage Centre of the United 

Nations Educational, Scientific and 

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 

consideration by the World Heritage 

Committee, which will likely occur at 

the Committee’s 46th annual session in 

mid-2023. 

This property has been selected from 

the U.S. World Heritage Tentative List, 

which comprises properties that appear 

to qualify for World Heritage status and 

which may be considered for 

nomination by the United States to the 

World Heritage List, as required by the 

World Heritage Committee’s 

Operational Guidelines. 

The U.S. World Heritage Tentative 

List appeared in a Federal Register 

notice on December 9, 2016 (81FR 

89143) with a request for public 

comment on possible nominations from 

the 19 sites on the Tentative List. A 

summary of the comments received, the 

Department of the Interior’s responses to 

them and the Department’s decision to 

request preparation of this nomination 

appeared in a subsequent Federal 

Register Notice published on May 25, 

2018 (83 FR 24337–24338). These are 

the First and Second Notices required 

by 36 CFR 73.7(c) and (f). 

In making the decision to submit this 

U.S. World Heritage nomination, 

pursuant to 36 CFR 73.7(h) and (i), the 

Department’s Assistant Secretary for 

Fish and Wildlife and Parks evaluated 

the draft nomination and the 

recommendations of the Federal 

Interagency Panel for World Heritage. 

She determined that the property meets 

the prerequisites for nomination by the 

United States to the World Heritage List 

that are detailed in 36 CFR part 73. The 

properties are nationally significant, 

being part of a unit of the National Park 

System established by Act of Congress 

or having been designated by the 

Department of the Interior as individual 

National Historic Landmarks. The 

owners of the properties have concurred 

in writing with the nomination, and 

each property is well protected legally 

and functionally as documented in the 

nomination. It appears to meet two of 

the World Heritage criteria for cultural 

properties. 

The ‘‘Hopewell Ceremonial 

Earthworks’’ are nominated under 

World Heritage cultural criteria (i) and 

(iii), as provided in 36 CFR 73.9(b)(1), 

as a group, or ‘‘series,’’ that collectively 

appears to justify criterion (i) by 

demonstrating a masterpiece of human 

creative genius: A 2,000-year-old series 

of precise squares, circles, and octagons 

and a hilltop sculpted to enclose a vast 

plaza. They were built on an enormous 

scale and the geometric forms are 

consistently deployed across great 

distances and encode alignments with 

both the sun’s cycles and the far more 

complex patterns of the moon. The 

series also justifies criterion (iii) in 

providing testimony to its builders, 

people now referred to as the Hopewell 

Culture: Dispersed, non-hierarchical 

groups whose way of life was 

transitioning from foraging to farming. 

The earthworks were the center of a 

continent-wide sphere of influence and 

interaction and have yielded 

exceptionally finely crafted ritual 

objects fashioned from raw materials 

obtained from distant places. The 

properties, both individually and as a 

group, also meet the World Heritage 

requirements for integrity and 

authenticity. 

The World Heritage List is an 

international list of cultural and natural 

properties nominated by the signatories 

to the World Heritage Convention 

(1972). The World Heritage Committee, 

composed of representatives of 21 

nations elected as the governing body of 

the World Heritage Convention, makes 

the final decisions on which 

nominations to accept on the World 

Heritage List at its annual meeting each 

summer. Although the United States is 

not a member of UNESCO, it continues 

to participate in the World Heritage 

Convention, which is an independent 

treaty. There are 1,154 World Heritage 

sites in 167 of the 194 signatory 

countries. The United States has 24 sites 

inscribed on the World Heritage List. 

U.S. participation and the role of the 

Department of the Interior are 

authorized by title IV of the National 

Historic Preservation Act Amendments 

of 1980, Public Law 96–515, 94 Stat. 

2987, 3000, codified as amended at 54 

U.S.C. 307101, and conducted by the 

Department through the National Park 

Service in accordance with the 

regulations at 36 CFR part 73 which 

implement the Convention pursuant to 

the 1980 Amendments. 


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Neither inclusion in the Tentative List 

nor inscription as a World Heritage Site 

imposes legal restrictions on owners or 

neighbors of sites, nor do they give the 

United Nations any management 

authority or ownership rights in U.S. 

World Heritage Sites, which continue to 

be subject only to U.S. federal and local 

laws, as applicable. 

Authority: 54 U.S.C. 307101; 36 CFR 

part 73. 

Shannon A. Estenoz, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

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 BIA. 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 BIA at the address in this notice by 

April 22, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

BJ Howerton, NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian 

School Road NW, Room 341, 

Albuquerque, NM 87104, telephone 

(505) 563–3013, email BJ.Howerton@

bia.gov. 

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 U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the Arizona 

State Museum, University of Arizona, 

Tucson, AZ (ASM), 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 

Between 1963 and 1977, 40 cultural 

items were removed from site AZ 

P:14:1(ASM), also known as the 

Grasshopper Pueblo, in Navajo County, 

AZ. The items were removed during 

legally authorized excavations 

conducted by the University of Arizona 

Archeological Field School. 

Archeological collections from the site 

were brought to ASM at the end of each 

field season and accessioned. The 40 

unassociated funerary objects are 39 tree 

ring samples and one piece of mineral 

pigment. 

Site AZ P:14:1(ASM) is a large village 

site containing approximately 500 

rooms in more than a dozen stone room 

blocks arranged around three main 

plazas. The site has been dated to A.D. 

1275–1400 based on tree ring dates, 

architectural forms, building 

technology, and ceramic styles. These 

characteristics, the mortuary pattern, 

and other items of material culture are 

consistent with the archeologically 

described Upland Mogollon or 

prehistoric Western Pueblo tradition. 

In the summers of 1939 and 1940, 136 

cultural items were removed from site 

AZ P:16:1(ASM), also known as Bear 

Ruin, in Navajo County, AZ. These 

excavations were legally authorized and 

carried out by Emil Haury under the 

auspices of ASM and the Department of 

Anthropology at the University of 

Arizona. Archeological collections from 

Haury’s excavations were brought to 

ASM at the end of each field season and 

accessioned. The 136 unassociated 

funerary objects are one bone awl, two 

bone awl fragments, one incised bone, 

39 ceramic bowls, one ceramic canteen, 

one ceramic disc, five ceramic vessel 

fragments, one human figurine 

fragment, 25 ceramic jars, six miniature 

vessels, seven ceramic pitchers, eight 

sherds, 18 pieces of mineral concretion 

or pigment, one piece of unfired clay, 

two turquoise beads, three turquoise 

pendants, 14 shell bracelet fragments, 

and one shell necklace. 

Site AZ P:16:1(ASM) consists of 14 

houses, two storage rooms, and a kiva. 

The site has been dated to A.D. 600–800 

based on ceramic styles, architectural 

forms, and tree-ring data. These 

characteristics, the mortuary pattern, 

and other items of material culture are 

consistent with the Mogollon 

archeological tradition. 

In the summers of 1940 and 1941, 63 

cultural items were removed from site 

AZ P:16:2(ASM), also known as Tla Kii, 

in Navajo County, AZ. These 

excavations were legally authorized and 

carried out by Emil Haury under the 

auspices of ASM and the Department of 

Anthropology at the University of 

Arizona. Archeological collections from 

Haury’s excavations were brought to 

ASM at the end of each field season and 

accessioned. The 63 unassociated 

funerary objects are 32 ceramic bowls, 

one ceramic canteen, three ceramic 

vessel fragments, one human figurine 

fragment, seven ceramic jars, one 

miniature vessel, three ceramic pitchers, 

one ceramic plate, one ceramic scoop, 

one ceramic scraper, one sherd, two 

lithic scrapers, one piece of mineral 

concretion, six lots of stone beads, and 

two turquoise pendants. 

Site AZ P:16:2(ASM) consists of three 

pit houses, one storage structure, two 

other structures, a main pueblo, two 

kivas, and 14 storage pits. Based on 

architectural forms and ceramic styles, 

along with other items of material 

culture, the site is dated to A.D. 900– 

1200, and it is associated with the 

Mogollon archeological tradition. 

In the summers of 1941 and 1944, one 

cultural item was removed from site AZ 

P:16:20(ASM), also known as Bluff Site, 

in Navajo County, AZ. These 

excavations were legally authorized and 

carried out by Emil Haury under the 

auspices of ASM and the Department of 

Anthropology at the University of 

Arizona. Archeological collections from 

Haury’s excavations were brought to 

ASM at the end of each field season. 

Collections were not accessioned upon 

receipt at ASM; an accession of ‘‘none 

1940s’’ was later assigned. The one 

unassociated funerary object is a 

ceramic bowl. 

Site AZ P:16:20(ASM) comprises a pit 

house village dating to the Cottonwood 

and Hilltop phases of the Mogollon 

archeological culture, and it dates to 

A.D. 200–600 based on architectural 

forms and tree-ring samples. 


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