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FR Doc 04-22823
[Federal Register: October 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 196)]
[Notices]
[Page 60660-60661]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM, and Maxwell
Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the control of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM, and in the physical
custody of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from site LA 38962, Sandoval County, NM.
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 human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest and
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico and Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico.
Between 1939 and 1949, human remains representing four individuals
were removed from site LA 38962
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during legally authorized excavations undertaken by the University of
New Mexico Archeological Field School. Site LA 38962 is located in the
Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, Sandoval County, NM.
No known individuals were identified. The 12 associated funerary
objects are 10 pottery sherds, 1 piece of wood, and 1 piece of animal
bone.
Site LA 38962 has been identified as an Anasazi habitation site
(A.D. 1300-1600) based on ceramics, architecture, and site
organization. Continuities of ethnographic materials, technology, and
architecture indicate affiliation of this site with the present-day
Pueblo of Jemez. Oral traditions of the Pueblo of Jemez support
affiliation with the Anasazi sites in this area of north-central New
Mexico.
Officials of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Santa Fe National Forest have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National
Forest also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 12 objects 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. Lastly, officials of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National
Forest have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Southwestern Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
333 Broadway Boulevard, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102, telephone (505) 842-
3238, FAX (505) 842-3165, before November 12, 2004. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe
National Forest is responsible for notifying the Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico and the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 24, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 04-22823 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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