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BUCKEYE RANCH ( 4-1-92 ) 4 throughout the area the surface contours of the ground were relatively easy to see . Stops were made throughout the project at the location of several suspected archaeological sites , and many house pits and some midden deposits were observed . The location of previously recorded archaeological site CA-SJO-147 and at least a portion of CA-SJO-45 were observed and the location of the " Island Site" (Mills Associates 11/7/91-1 ) was visited . It was evident that considerable disturbance of the landscape had C79 occurred in the past in and around much of Brovelli Woods , including washouts from past flooding of the Mokelumne River and perhaps from Jahant Slough , and the use of many areas dor borrow to build levees . The location of the proposed Club House and Lots 19-21 were one area that were singled out for visitation to see if any obvious evidence of cultural resources were present . The surface of the ground among the remaining oaks and buckeye on these lots was very irregular . appeared to have been pushed around with a bulldozer or some ocher type of equipment at some time previous to the current owners acquisition of the property. Some depressions were noted that were generally circular in outline and in some cases appear to be where tree stumps might have been pushed out since what appeared to be evidence of heavy equipment activity led up to and in some cases into some of the depressions . The dep_ osic had definitely been disturbed in the past and evidence of a heavy growth of bull thistle . which is often indicative of heavy ground disturbance , was present in a portion of this location. The disturbance to the deposit at the location of prehistoric site CA-SJO-147 included evidence of the removal of a substantial portion of the midden in the past and its use in the construction of a levee . In 1970 Riddell noted chat the area was used for C80 borrow ac one time and that Grosscup in 1949 indicated that some old holes were in the deposit . A large circular depression on the surface of the site may be remnants of a structure . though neither of the previous archaeologists who visited the site noted any house pits or other features . when visited on March 18 , 1992 Dwight Dutschke indicated the depression resembled those associated with ceremonial structures . This site has apparently been heavily vandalized in the past . The location of CA-SJO-45 in the south central portion of the project did have evidence of prehistorically derived cultural materials but not in any- great abundance . Since Dawson . who first recorded this site and nearby CA-SJO-43 and CA-SJO-44 which C81 are outside of the project , chose to test only the two other sites and not CA-SJO-45 it apparently was not considered to have the potential to yield burials and large numbers of artifacts . Of all of the cultural resources identified by the consulting archaeologists the area defined by them on their site record for the "RIVER SITE" portion within the project boundaries comes the closest to the actual limits of a site deposit . At the location of the proposed " Island" in South Tracy Lake house pits were observed , a well defined midden , flecks of shell , C82 obsidian , and fragments of baked clay cooking balls . The consulting archaeologists identify this as their site 11/7/91- 1 and indicate a boundary on page four of the site record defined by the " limit of scatter" . was this artifactual . shell , or midden . The actual limits of the midden chat might contain IH-84