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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032394; 

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, Harvard 

University (Peabody Museum) 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 the Peabody Museum. 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 the Peabody Museum at the 

address in this notice by September 10, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Capone, 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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology, Harvard University, 

Cambridge, MA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from sites in Cumberland, 

Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, and Lincoln 

Counties, ME. 

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 the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Aroostook Band of 

Micmacs [previously listed as Aroostook 

Band of Micmac Indians]; Houlton Band 

of Maliseet Indians; Passamaquoddy 

Tribe; and the Penobscot Nation 

[previously listed as Penobscot Tribe of 

Maine] (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes.’’) 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from Flying 

Point in Freeport, Cumberland County, 

ME, by Dr. J. C. or J. E. Porter. Porter 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum on August 27, 1953. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from Maine 

State Site #8–1, in a marsh in 

Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME, 

by W. W. Lord. Lord donated the human 

remains to the Robert S. Peabody 

Institute, then known as the Robert S. 

Peabody Foundation, at an unknown 

date. The Robert S. Peabody Foundation 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum on February 1, 1956. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Around 1888, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a burial 

place in Prout’s Neck near Scarborough 

Beach in Cumberland County, ME, by 

an unknown person. At an unknown 

date, Ruthven Deaide received the 

human remains. In 1906, Deaide 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present, though copper stains 

are present on the individual’s 

metacarpals, suggesting that the 

individual was interred wearing finger 

rings or jewelry on the hands. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown place in Prout’s Neck in 

Cumberland County, ME, by an 

unknown person. At an unknown date, 

H.T. Deane received the human 

remains. In 1912, Deane donated the 

human remains to the Peabody 

Museum. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Burial A 

in Grave 4 in a shell heap on the south 

end of Deer Island in Hancock County, 

ME, by Manley Hardy. In November 

1877, Hardy donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from a shell 

heap on the south end of Deer Island in 

Hancock County, ME, by Manley Hardy. 

In November 1877, Hardy donated the 

human remains to the Peabody 

Museum. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In May 1878, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Maine 

State Site #30–15, a shell heap on Deer 

Island in Hancock County, ME, by 

Manly Hardy as part of a Peabody 

Museum expedition. The Peabody 

Museum received the human remains in 

June 1878. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Bar 

Harbor in Hancock County, ME, by an 

unknown person. An unknown person 

at an unknown date presented the 

human remains to the Peabody 

Museum, where they were accessioned 

on July 23, 1937. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Between 1936 and 1937, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 43 

individuals were removed from the 

Nevin site at Blue Hill (Maine State Site 

#42–1) in Hancock County, ME, by 

Douglas S. Byers and Frederick Johnson 

as part of a Robert S. Peabody 

Foundation expedition. The Robert S. 

Peabody Foundation loaned some of the 

human remains to the Peabody Museum 

on March 24, 1941 and converted the 

loan to a gift on June 28, 1989. The 

Robert S. Peabody Foundation donated 


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the remaining human remains to the 

Peabody Museum on August 8, 1997. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

462 associated funerary objects are four 

stone adzes; two antler tools; nine birch 

bark fragments; one pileated 

woodpecker beak; 16 beaver teeth and 

tooth fragments; one stone biface; 188 

faunal remains, teeth, and bone 

fragments; 31 animal teeth and 

fragments; one antler flaking tool; one 

bone flaking tool; one bird bone flute; 

three harpoon foreshafts; three stone 

gouges; six hammerstones; four animal 

teeth, incisors; two mink jaw fragments; 

one modified mineral fragment, iron; 

one red ochre and soil; two bone 

pendants; 34 perforated animal teeth 

and fragments; 100 perforators, awls, 

daggers, pikes, knives, and needles of 

bone, including fragments; six stone 

plummets; two bone points; two stone 

bayonets and fragments; nine bone 

harpoons; one stone projectile point; 

one polishing stone; nine iron pyrites; 

one scraper or flesher of bone; two soil 

samples; one swordfish rostrum; one 

deer antler socket; one unmodified 

stone; 12 porpoise vertebrae and 

fragments; and three hammerstone and 

iron pyrites with fragments. The 462 

objects are the possession and control of 

the Robert S. Peabody Institute of 

Archaeology, Andover, MA. (The Robert 

S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology 

continues to look for the 52 missing 

associated funerary objects, which are 

two beaver teeth, three bifaces, four 

animal bone fragments, one stone gouge, 

18 miscellaneous faunal remains, 16 

perforated animal tooth fragments, six 

bone perforators, and two bone points.) 

In 1895, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Maine State Site #58–2 in 

Hancock County, ME, by Charles C. 

Willoughby as part of a Peabody 

Museum expedition. No known 

individual was identified. The three 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

copper beads, copper bead fragments, 

and leather fragments; one lot of 

charcoal and burned bone fragments; 

and one lot of birch bark fragments. 

In 1895, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Maine State Site #58–2 in 

Hancock County, ME, by Charles C. 

Willoughby as part of a Peabody 

Museum expedition. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1884, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from an unknown site in 

Lamoine in Hancock County, ME, by an 

unknown person from whom John E. 

Clark acquired the human remains. 

Clark donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum in December 1884. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, seven 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown site in Lamoine in Hancock 

County, ME, by Elijah R. Emerson. 

Emerson donated the human remains to 

the Peabody Museum in 1892. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a shell 

heap on Sheldrake Island (Maine State 

Site #44–11) in Hancock County, ME, by 

Arlo Bates. Bates donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum in 

1907. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from a shell 

heap on Taft Point (Maine State Site 

#44–6) in Hancock County, ME, by Arlo 

Bates. Bates donated the human remains 

to the Peabody Museum in 1907. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In the summer of 1966, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown site in Benton in Kennebec 

County, ME, by Donaldson Koons. 

Koons donated the human remains to 

the Peabody Museum in March 1967 

through Douglas S. Byers at the Phillips 

Academy in Andover, MA. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from Maine 

State Site #53–3 in Kennebec County, 

ME, by Elijah R. Emerson. Emerson 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum in 1892. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In June 1884, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Crotch Island shell heap (Maine State 

Site #17–1) in Knox County, ME, by 

Albert I. Phelps as part of a Peabody 

Museum Expedition directed by 

Frederic Ward Putnam. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

In 1883, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Davis Point shell 

heap (Maine State Site #17–3) in Knox 

County, ME, by Warren Morse. James E. 

Knowlton donated the human remains 

to the Peabody Museum on May 31, 

1884. No known individual was 

identified. The nine associated funerary 

objects are five bone points, three 

chipped stone implements, and one 

stone pestle. The associated funerary 

objects are not in the possession or 

control of the Peabody Museum. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum one 

individual were removed from a shell 

heap (Maine State Site #30–79) in Knox 

County, ME, by Arlo Bates. Arlo and 

Oric Bates donated the human remains 

to the Peabody Museum in 1919. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1911, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from shell heaps in Knox 

County, ME, by Arlo Bates and donated 

to the Peabody Museum. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1939, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from a site on Lane’s Island 

(Maine State Site #29–1) in Knox 

County, ME, by young men who 

discovered the human remains by 

accident. The individuals who 

discovered the remains may have 

included Kenneth Snowdeal, John 

Gordon, and Gust Carlson. H. J. 

Weisman took possession of the human 

remains and donated them to the 

Peabody Museum on May 26, 1939. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

15 associated funerary objects are 13 

animal bones and two shells. The 

associated funerary objects are not in 

the possession or control of the Peabody 

Museum. 

In September 1884, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from E. 

Stetson’s field in Lincoln County, ME, 

by Albert I. Phelps as part of a Peabody 

Museum expedition under the direction 

of Frederic Ward Putnam. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from A. K. 

Hodgsdon’s Field in Lincoln County, 

ME, by Abram T. Gamage. Gamage 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum in 1898. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a site on 

Spectacle Island (Maine State Site #16– 

57a or #16–57b) in Lincoln County, ME, 

by Abram T. Gamage. Gamage donated 

the human remains to the Peabody 

Museum in 1898. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 


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At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a shell 

heap on Hog Island in Lincoln County, 

ME, by Elijah R. Emerson. Emerson 

donated the human remains to the 

Peabody Museum around 1892. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1872, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the bank of Damariscotta 

River, about one mile from Damariscotta 

Bridge (Maine State Site #16–169), in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Samuel 

Kneeland. Kneeland donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum in 

October 1872. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1882, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a shell heap on Fort 

Island (Maine State Site #16–17) in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Abram T. 

Gamage. Gamage donated the human 

remains to the Peabody Museum on 

January 10, 1882. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1882, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from a shell heap on Fort 

Island (Maine State Site #16–17) in 

Lincoln County, ME, by Abram T. 

Gamage. R. C. Chapman donated the 

human remains to the Peabody Museum 

on September 20, 1882. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Between August and October 1886, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, 12 individuals were removed 

from the Whaleback shell mound 

(Maine State Site #26–2) in Lincoln 

County, ME, by Abram T. Gamage as 

part of a Peabody Museum expedition 

under the direction of Frederic Ward 

Putnam. No known individuals were 

identified. Excavation notes indicated 

that the bones of a wolf were found with 

one individual, but no faunal remains 

were accessioned with the human 

remains. The associated funerary objects 

are not in the possession or control of 

the Peabody Museum. 

On September 18, 1882, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a bank at 

the north end of Loud’s Island (Maine 

State Site #17–102) in Lincoln County, 

ME, by Frederic Ward Putnam as part of 

a Peabody Museum expedition under 

the direction of Putnam and Charles L. 

Metz. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from the 

Great Oyster Heap site (Maine State Site 

#26–1) in Lincoln County, ME, by 

Charles Metcalf. Metcalf donated the 

human remains to the Peabody Museum 

through R. C. Chapman around 1882. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

In 1931 or 1935, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the Hight 

site in Lincoln County, ME, by 

Frederick P. Orchard. Orchard donated 

the human remains to the Peabody 

Museum on March 1, 1940. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University 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 111 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the three 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. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, 

Executive Orders, or other authoritative 

governmental sources indicate that the 

land from which the Native American 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

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

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

The Tribes. 

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 Patricia Capone, Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu, by September 10, 2021. 

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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology, Harvard University is 

responsible for notifying The Tribes that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032393; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: Princeton University has 

corrected an inventory of human 

remains, published in a Notice of 

Inventory Completion in the Federal 

Register on April 1, 2021. This notice 

corrects the list of Indian Tribes from 

whose aboriginal land the culturally 

unidentifiable Native American human 

remains were removed. Lineal 

descendants or 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 Princeton 

University. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains 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 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Princeton University at 

the address in this notice by September 

10, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art 

Museum, Princeton, NJ 08544, 


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