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Previous land owner, Mr. Angelo Brovelli, stated that avocationalists and students from UCB <br /> conducted excavations in the 1940s (Personal Communication 1992). Cook and Heizer (1951) <br /> make reference to an excavation of 12 samples to 1 ft. depths that occurred at CA-SJO in <br /> 1949. They report an average of 15 artifacts (items of obsidian, bone, pigment, stone, glass, <br /> or clay) yielded per cubic meter excavated. <br /> Three additional sites within the Buckeye Ranch boundaries (CA-SJO were <br /> recorded in 1949. Site CA-SJO recorded by UC Field Parties, were described as <br /> located on the rim of Tracy Lake, and characterized as campsites containing baked clay objects. <br /> CA-SJO• was recorded by G.L. Grosscup (1949). He described this site as an occupation <br /> site in which he observed baked clay and some old holes from previous excavation. Map 4 <br /> indicates the current plottings of these three site on the basemap <br /> Site CA-SJO was probably recorded in 1949 as well. However, the site record is extremely <br /> sketchy, neglecting to identify either the recorder, the date, or the nature of the site (see Map 4). <br /> Another surge of archaeological activity occurred in the 1970s. CA-SJO was rerecorded <br /> by F.-A. Riddell (1970). It is described as a large habitation site, possibly representing a major <br /> late prehistoric village for the region, although no artifacts were observed. Although Riddell <br /> notes that it is located on a point of land at the south end of [Tracy Lake], he remarks that <br /> Grosscup's (1949) original placement of this site on Tracy Lake is erroneous. In 1977, an <br /> employee of the CCIC with the initials JM, added a description to the site record placing it <br /> 400 ft. northeast of the Mokelumne River and ft. south of an inlet on the south shore of <br /> Tracy Lake. <br /> In the spring of 1971, a field class from the California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) <br /> spent some time surveying the area and surface collecting cultural materials. Field notes and <br /> materials, compiled by Beck (1971), are archived at the Department.of Anthropology at CSUS. <br /> 7 <br />