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the project area and were discovered as part of a reconnaissance for the Stockton Metropolitan Airport expansion (Foster 1987) . A single historic home site was recorded about a mile from the subject property, dating to a period between 1880 and 1930. An archaeological reconnaissance of the project site was conducted in November 1987 by a professional archaeologist, Dr. Phillip de Barros, assisted by Kris Woods of the Reese-Chambers Systems Consultants, Inc. The 12 to 13 acre fallow section of the site was surveyed in transect spaces approximately ten meters apart. The cultivated portion was surveyed along the water collection ditches, along the perimeter of the property and along a transect crossing the property on a north-south axis. A more systematic survey of the actively farmed area was deemed to be both impractical and uninformative. A small , prehistoric site was located along Weber Slough in the southwest corner of the property. It consists of a sparse artifact scat- ter quite similar to the ones described along Weber Slough 2.5 miles downstream. The artifacts consisted of chipped stone flakes and tools, some burnt clay lumps and a piece of fire-altered rock. Agricultural activity has disrupted the site to an undetermined depth. The burnt daub may have been the remains of a house made of tules plastered with mud that had been razed. This was a characteristic dwelling material for the Yokuts (Langenwalter 1987) . As Weber Slough's original alignment through the parcel has been radically straightened, it is possible, if not proba- ble, that these artifacts were washed downstream during a major storm from a relatively unaltered reach, such as the reach just upstream from the property where one or more seasonal Yokut encampments could have been located beneath the historic oak grove site (Bennett 1987) . Impacts and Mitigation Measures Impart 1 - Prehistoric Site Disturbance The prehistoric site would be directly affected by building the proposed project. Direct impacts would result from grading and excavation associated with construction. Indirect impacts would arise 3-52 10I-39.R4 4/10/89