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1985) , and two phases of the PGT-PG&E pipeline survey (Canaday et al. 1992 ; Moratto et al. 1990) . One survey has been conducted ;k adjacent to the proposed project in connection with a Teichert gravel extraction operation (Napton 1990) . Cultural Resource sensitivity of the Proposed Project Area The principal types of cultural resources that might be found within the proposed project area include archaeological and historical sites. These are discrete locations manifesting evidence of human activity, as indicated by the presence of objects, features and ecofacts (Fagan 1991) , or by other types of evidence attesting to the former presence of humans. Some archaeological sites represent the remains of historic or ethnographically known village sites. r Occupation sites in the proposed project region often feature humanly affected anthropic deposits. These are generally darker in color than the surrounding soil and are often rich in A ! calcium, phosphorous, and nitrogen deposited as a result of the accumulation of waste, garbage and other debris. ,r 'Anthropic deposits usually contain human and animal bone, shell, charcoal, and food refuse, as well as chipped, polished, orroundstone tools fragments gments of racks used for cooking stones, and, in the Central Valley, numerous "baked clay objects" shaped in the form of globs, balls or spheroids, and probably used as local substitutes for cooking stones. The latter comprise a major part of the midden constituents of many Native American occupation sites in Central California, in localities where rock is available (Napton 1981) . :i Anthropic deposits frequently contain graves (inhumations) , containing complete or partial skeletons, as well as cremations. ..�. Native Americans often buried their dead in specific locations in. anthropic deposits, but also in separate cemeteries located away from villages. Individual burials are occasionally found in isolated locations. rig Archaeological research in California has revealed that village sites are often found in areas that offered multiple varieties of natural resources useful to the Native Americans. F These -natural resources include, of course, potable water, supplemented by materials for construction of shelters, and locally available sources of food, including seed-bearing vegetation such as oaks, berry brush, and grasses. other resources important to the Native Americans included exposed rock outcrops where seeds could be ground in bedrock mortar milling cups, and outcrops of rock that provided fine-grained material F i < '