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A photo reconnaissance of the project area, including a sample of historic and prehistoric features and documentation of machinery responsible for site disturbance,was conducted by Carolyn Rice within the dates mentioned above (Figure F6). Informal interviews with Don McGeein and Marie Moyer, who performed salvage archaeological work on site approximately 20 years ago, were conducted on the project property. The field archaeologists solicited comments of Francis Riddell and Melinda Peak,who visited the field team on November 7, 1991. Don McGeein joined the field crew unofficially during two days of the project survey to assist in site location and identification. Engineered contour maps were used to locate cultural features graphically and are on file with the San Joaquin County Community Development Department. Archival Research In addition to the literature survey conducted by the Central California Information Center of the California Archaeological Inventory,several sources were consulted for historical data. The resources at the Bancroft Library located at the University of California, Berkeley, and at California State Universities in San Francisco and at Hayward were investigated with regard to this project. Melinda Peak, of Peak and Associates, provided the study team with information from the California Archaeological Inventory,Central California Information Center. Information compiled by the project sponsors was reviewed for general information on the project environment. RESULTS OF RESEARCH AND FIELD SURVEY Prehistoric Cultural Resources The record search at the Central California Information Center revealed the presence of eight archaeological sites on the property of proposed development(Lawrence, 1990). These sites included two occupation sites with burials, three occupation sites with no reported burials, and two impermanent campsites. One site report(Site No. CA SJO 0013)is nonspecific. Four of the reports were by Schenck and Dawson in 1929;two were reported by a field party from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949; one was reported in 1949 by G.L. Grosscup. F.A. Riddell reported one large site in 1970, stating it may have represented a major late village. As discussed below, these eight sites have been determined by the authors to be two sites, of uncertain antiquity,each containing burials. Don McGeein excavated 12 burials at the river site between December, 1973 and December, 1975. His controlled excavations provided information regarding burials and artifacts uncovered, including shell beads and ornaments, bone "staples," baked clay objects, pestles and bird bone tubes. These artifacts, probably attributed to the Late Horizon period, are being stored at the University of California at Berkeley along with his collection of human remains. Other collections from the Tracy Lakes region are located at Sacramento State University,the Stockton Historical Society,and the City of Tracy Elementary School District. 14