Totpavit
Totpavit, alternative spellings Totabit[1][2] and possibly Totavet,[3] was a Tongva village located in what is now Olive, California.[4] The village was located between the Santa Ana River and Santiago Creek.[5] It was part of a series of villages along the Santa Ana River, including Genga, Pajbenga, and Hutuknga.[5]
Mission records indicate that 11 people from the village were baptized, likely at Mission San Gabriel, from between 1781-1803, including 3 men, 7 women, and 1 child.[1] In 1978, it was indicated that the village site was probably buried under alluvium and that the village site had been occupied for thousands of years.[6]
The village's name derived from the word "tota," which was recorded as meaning "rock" in the Tongva language.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Papers on Great Basin Prehistory. University of California Archaeology Research Facility, Department of Anthropology. 1968. p. 138.
- OCLC 402526696.
- ^ a b McLendon, Sally (1999). Cultural Affiliation and Lineal Descent of Chumash Peoples in the Channel Islands and the Santa Monica Mountains: Final Report, Volume 2. National Park Service. p. 3.
- ISBN 978-1-879442-66-5.
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- ^ Santa Ana River Main Stem and Santiago Creek: Environmental Impact Statement. 1978. p. 21.
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