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4.9 CULTURAL RESOURCES All sewage leach fields must avoid the area of high archaeological sensitivity. 4.9-1(b) Native American (Miwok) concerns shall be addressed, and any development undertaken shall be done with their consultation. An ethnographer should determine the relationship + between these sites and Miwok oral and traditional history. 4.9-1(c) A qualified archaeological monitor with the following requirements must be present during all land altering or excavation activities. • Shall have at a minimum a B.A. or equivalent and one year field experience, and answer to a professional archaeologist. • Shall be independent of any Native American monitor present. • Shall have the authority to stop construction activity within 10 meters of any cultural material uncovered until thatfind has been adequately mitigated to his satisfaction, or the project redesigned. Uncovered material could be excavated, photographed or removed at the monitor's discretion. 4.9-1(d) Prior to further land disturbance, recommendations for further studies (Phase II)'should include, but not be limited to, the following: • Known sites must be mapped by professional surveyor and a qualified archaeologist. • All existing collections must be analyzed, photographed, correlated and if possible, collected in one place. • Known sites must be tested to determine the extent and type of contents, plus depth, integrity, age, and intrasite patterning (e.g. in depth, horizontal extent and artifact density), as follows: C - For the twe three newly recorded habitation sites ,(CA- SJO-0237, -0238, -0240), at least eight one-by two-meter test units in each should be excavated to the sterile level (approximately two meters); at least 20 obsidian hydration samples and at least five carbon-14 samples should be datedfor each test unit. 1 Testing of a known or suspected site to determine its size, depth, integrity, age and significance. 4.9-12