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Initial archaeological publications regarding the study area include W. Egbert Schenck and Elmer J. Dawson's early and extensive article completed in 1929, entitled, "Archaeology of the Northern San Joaquin Valley." An excellent source of salvaged ethnographic information is presented by Dr. J.A. Bennyhoff in his dissertation entitled "Ethnogeography of the Plains Miwok," expanded in 1977 (see Attachment E). In addition,a general overview of the Miwok is provided by A.L. Kroeber in his 1925 publication,Handbook of the Indians of California. Information regarding the type and antiquity of lithic artifacts founds on or near the project property is provided in Attachment E, in articles by J.L. Beck and R.F. Heizer. Between the years of 1880 and 1906,James Barr, Superintendent of the Stockton Unified School District, undertook the first recorded field surveys in San Joaquin County. With the assistance of his father,H.H. Barr, he excavated several sites and compiled a large collection of artifacts. His extensive field notes were the only information on sites that were later destroyed primarily by agricultural levelling. Barr's work was supplemented by the excavations of H.C. Meredith in the late 1800s (Meredith, 1900). Also near the turn of the century, W.H. Holmes of the Smithsonian Institute did archaeological surveys and excavations in what was known as the "Stockton District" (Holmes, 1902), and in 1900 P.M. Jones excavated several sites in the Sacramento-San Joaquin area (Jones, 1923). In 1929, Egbert Schenck complied and published work previously undertaken in the Stockton area. He identified 91 sites; 38 of these sites were habitation sites containing associated burials; 28 of the sites were habitation sites with no known burials, and eight were classified as temporary campsites. The remaining sites lacked sufficient investigation and evidence for specific classification in their report. Materials recovered from the sites in the Lodi vicinity are associated with three age and typology groups, later known as horizons. Their classifications were historic (Late Horizon)for the period 500 B.C. until 1880 A.D., late prehistoric (Middle Horizon) for the period 2000 B.C. until 500 B.C., and early prehistoric (Early Horizon)for the period 5500 B.C. until 2000 B.C. (Heizer 1974). Late Horizon sites are characterized by houses of tule mats and grasses; finely-coiled mortuary baskets; baked clay items used probably as cooking stones, net sinkers, and effigies; wooden mortars; and pestles imported from the Sierra Mountains. Middle Horizon sites are represented by large points, clay artifacts, incised bird bone, and small mortars. Early Horizon sites are typified by quartz crystals, charmstones, distinctive ornaments and large bifaces (Schenck and Dawson, 1929; Moratto, 1984). The dates for each of these horizons are still being refined and, therefore, are subject to interpretation. In the 1960s and 1970s,two amateur archaeologists,Marie Moyer and Don McGeein, conducted salvage excavations in the study area. Their work was conducted on the northern bank of the Mokelumne River in the southwestern half of the project property. Archaeological research procedures were used by McGeein, who conducted controlled excavations of 12 burials and associated artifacts. This collection is housed at the University of California at Berkeley. Marie Moyer, whose work was more salvage in nature, reports to have recently donated the bulk of her collection to the City of Tracy Elementary School District. These excavations were conducted as a result of the partial leveling of the site. The project site contains eight recorded prehistoric archaeological sites listed with the California Archaeological Inventory Central Information Center (Lawrence, 1990). The National Register of Historic Places, the California Inventory of Historic Landmarks, the Point of Historic Interest Log, and the California Inventory of Historic Resources list no cultural resources within the area of proposed development(National Park Service, 1990;State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1976, 6 1