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would provide information critical to effective management of identified archaeological <br /> resources; allowing the client to consider alternatives and modifications that might avoid damage <br /> to significant archaeological resources in those areas examined. <br /> 2.2 PROJECT LOCATION <br /> Buckeye Ranch [AP nos. 003-0600-01, 003-0600-02, 003-100-01 and 003-100-02], covers 870 <br /> acres located in northern San Joaquin County approximately seven miles northwest of Lodi and <br /> three miles southwest of Galt (Map 1). This property surrounding North and South Tracy Lake, <br /> is bounded on the north by Forest Lake Road and on the south by the Mokelumne River. The <br /> eastern boundary is marked by vineyards. The western boundary is marked by a levee indicated <br /> on the Lodi North 7.5' Series USGS Topographic Quadrangle (Map 2). <br /> 2.3 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES <br /> 2.3.1 The Early fears <br /> An avocational archaeologist, Elmer Dawson, discovered and investigated a number of sites in <br /> the Stockton area in the early 1920s. Egbert Schenck, a Research Associate at the Department <br /> of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), compiled and published Dawson's <br /> work at the end of that decade (Schenck and Dawson 1929). Provenience coordinates provided <br /> in this document place three of these sites _ within the bounas of the <br /> Buckeye Ranch. An additional site, , is placed adjacent to . just <br /> outside the ranch boundares (Map 3). Both were reported as occupation <br /> sites, although no human remains were reported. were identified as burial <br /> and occupation sites. Dawson excavated 2211 cubic feet of midden from removing <br /> 22 burials and associated grave lots. He also excavated 128 cubic feet of midden from <br /> CA-SJO (Schenck and Dawson 1929:. �. <br /> 3 <br />