Results of the Physical Inventory of Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

The Department of the Navy, Atlantic Division, tasked the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District with the job of identifying human skeletal remains and associated funerary objects on Navy land for a PL 101-601, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Section 5 Inventory. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune was the only Atlantic Division Navy installation with human skeletal remains and associated funerary objects. The St. Louis District was asked to locate and assess archaeological collections from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, to identify the Native American organizations potentially culturally affiliated with the collections, and to draft Section 5 compliance documents. An on-site physical inventory was conducted of the collections containing human remains and associated funerary objects. All documentation associated with the collections was also examined for NAGPRA related information. This report conveys the results of the physical inventory completed for compliance with Section 5 of NAGPRA.