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]
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abMcLendon, 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.