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r'ti+7-1a-17�� lf��b rKUM Mills Hssociates TO San Joaquin Co F.13 BUCKEYE RANCH ( 4-1-92 ) 13 today. Most of the oak trees and other vegetation either did not exist at that time or these existing plants were quite small - an y mall .any of the Mitigation Measures suggested on pages 4. 9-10 through . 9-13 would be appropriate if conditions were as the consulting archaeologists have portrayed. Since the situation at the ;roposed Buckeye Ranch Subdivision is in fact quite different it is not appropriate to make specific recommendations concerning. iotential impact on sites at this time . All of the cultural resources have not been .located, the limits of the excavatable archeological deposits and potential burial areas have not been ielimited and appropriate field techniques were not employed which would yield the kind of data needed to base sound and reasonable mitigation proposals . RECOMMENDATIONS 1 . All of the cultural resources that might be impacted by the "roposed subdivision need to be precisely located. 2 . The lumping of large numbers of isolated cultural resources into large sites is appealing philosophically and may actually reflect the Native American use of the area but it does not ,7rovide the specific location of archaeological materials that will be impacted. In reality the Indians used the entire area during the late prehistoric period and perhaps as • late as the 1340s , thus it could be argued that the whole project should be recorded as one site and this is simply not reasonable . The specific location of excavatable deposits need to be identified and recorded in a responsible and professional manner. The kiesulting site records should meet •and/or exceed those standards n the "Handbook" established by the State historic Preservation ffice . This document is available from the eleven Information i Centers and the State Historic Preservation Office and the most recent March 1989 version should be used. The boundaries of the .xcavatable sites should be determined through soil chemical i tests , and the depth should be determined with several auger holes at each location identified. These sites should then be placed on a master map that would be provided to the property Dwners , the San Joaquin County Planing Department . aaa to inaiviauais •wno nave a neem to rnow. when conducting dditional studies or when it is necessary to avoid resources during construction. 3 . The Native American Heritage Commission should be contacted r to determine who would be the appropriate Native American i individual or group to consult concerning the proposed Buckeye Ranch Development . Representatives of the indicated Indian group should be consulted and their input sought regarding the project ad any changes that may occur. i Any croup of consulting archaeologists should include at j least one. individual who has had several years of archaeological field experience in decision making roles . This individual fhould also have considerable experience in the excavation of ounds in central California. not the northwest coast . desert regions . Sierra Nevada , American Southwest or some other location j were the nature of the soils and cultural features and artifacts .re different . i j