University of Alabama Museums Plans Repatriation of 69 Funerary Object Lots Linked to Tribal Nations
June 20, 2026
June 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama Museums plans to repatriate 69 lots of unassociated funerary objects affiliated with multiple Native American tribes.
The proposed repatriation involves artifacts excavated at the Moundville site and identified as part of Native American burial practices.
The cultural items include ground stone, a bone needle, worked stone, a bone awl, lithics, a complete ceramic vessel, bird points, faunal bone, a discoidal, a pe . . .
The proposed repatriation involves artifacts excavated at the Moundville site and identified as part of Native American burial practices.
The cultural items include ground stone, a bone needle, worked stone, a bone awl, lithics, a complete ceramic vessel, bird points, faunal bone, a discoidal, a pe . . .