Draft Environmental Impact Report - East Bay Municipal Utility District

Estates Reservoir Replacement Draft Environmental Impact ReportCultural Resourcesprovisions of law concerning investigation of the circumstances, manner and causeof death, and the recommendations concerning treatment and disposition of thehuman remains have been made to the person responsible for the excavation, or tohis or her authorized representative, in the manner provided in Section 5097.98 ofthe Public Resources Code.The County Coroner, upon recognizing the remains as being of Native Americanorigin, is responsible to contact the Native American Heritage Commission within24 hours. The Commission has various powers and duties, including theappointment of a Most Likely Descendant to the Project. The Most LikelyDescendant, or in lieu of the Most Likely Descendant, the Native AmericanHeritage Commission, has the responsibility to provide guidance as to the ultimatedisposition of any Native American remains.Significance after Mitigation: Less than Significant.ReferencesBeardsley, R. K. 1948. Cultural Sequences in Central California Archaeology. AmericanAntiquity 14(1):1–29.Beardsley, R. K. 1954. Temporal and Arial relationships in Central CaliforniaArchaeology. Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey.University of California Archaeological Survey, Dept. of Anthropology,University of California, Berkeley.Bennyhoff, J.A., and R.E. Hughes. 1987. Shell Bead Ornament Exchange NetworksBetween California and the Western Great Basin. Anthropological Papers of theAmerican Museum of Natural History 64 (2):79–175. American Museum ofNatural History, Washington, D.C.Birnbaum, Charles. 2008. Letter to Katy Foulkes, Board of Director, Ward 3, East BayMunicipal Utility District. On file at East Bay Municipal Utility District,Oakland, CA.Bocek, B. 1986. Hunter-Gatherer Ecology and Settlement Mobility along SanFrancisquito Creek. Doctoral dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.Cambra, R.M., A. Leventhal, L. Jones, J. Hammett, L. Field, N. Sanchez, and R. Jurmain.1996. Archaeological Investigations at Kaphan Umux (Three Wolves) Site,CA-SCL-732: A Middle Period Prehistoric Cemetery on Coyote Creek inSouthern San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. On file at Caltrans District 4Offices, Oakland, CA.Chavez, D. 1985. Cultural Resources Evaluation for the East Bay Municipal UtilityDistrict Infiltration/Inflow Project (P.O. 951 1143 E A) (S-7903). On file at theNorthwest Information Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.sb09_001.doc 3-5.23 7/22/2009