Ahunx ("elevated") was a village site significant to the Payómkawichum and

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located between the old town of El Toro (now referred to as

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) and Tomato Springs (located in the Portola Springs area).O'Neil, S. T. (2002).
The acjachemen in the franciscan mission system: Demographic collapse and social change
' (Order No. 1409864). ProQuest. pg. 77, 86. In geological terms, it was located north of the San Jaoquin Hills on the southern edge of the Tustin Plain. Some researchers have placed the village site between

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and

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in an elevated area,{{Cite book , last=Koerper , first=Henry , url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745176510 , title=Catalysts to complexity : late Holocene societies of the California coast , last2=Mason , first2=Roger , last3=Peterson , first3=Mark , date=2002 , publisher=Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA , others=Jon Erlandson, Terry L. Jones, Jeanne E. Arnold, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA , isbn=978-1-938770-67-8 , location=Los Angeles , pages=65 , oclc=745176510 while others place it about one mile west from Los Alisos Creek. Much of the areas of the Tustin Plain were uninhabited, since this region was a giant swamp prior to the 20th century. Ahunx appears in Payómkawichum legend as a significant site. The site was also significant to the

, indicating connections between the two groups.

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History of Orange County, California Former Native American populated places in California Juaneño populated places

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