Tukutnut, California
Tukutnut (also, Santa Teresa and Tucutnut) is a former Rumsen settlement in Monterey County, California.[1]
According to mission records, the village was located about 3 miles (4.8 km) upstream from the mouth of the Carmel River, and it was the largest village of the Rumsen group of Costanoans.[2]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tukutnut, California
- ^ Milliken, Randall. 1987. Ethnohistory of the Rumsen. Papers in Northern California Anthropology No. 2. Salinas, CA: Coyote Press.
Categories:
- Rumsen villages
- Former settlements in Monterey County, California
- Former Native American populated places in California
- Lost Native American populated places in the United States
- Monterey County, California geography stubs