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CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI -Tomo Kahni, Winter Village in the Kawaiisu language, is a late prehistoric/protohistoric site affiliated with the Kawaiisu and is located in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains near Tehachapi, California. A number of features have been recorded at the site, including food processing areas with bedrock mortars, milling slicks, rock art panels on boulders and within shelters or caves, and concentrated deposits of artifacts.

Location

Tours begin with an 8:30 AM orientation at the Tehachapi Museum at 310 South Green Street, Tehachapi
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Notes

Tours begin with an 8:30 AM orientation at the Tehachapi Museum at 310 South Green Street, just south of East E Street. After the orientation, participants must caravan approximately 12 miles to the park; carpooling is encouraged. The primary road to the park is paved, however the last mile to the park is on a dirt and gravel road and high clearance vehicles are recommended.

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI - STATE MARKER

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI - STATE PLAQUE

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI - Gates locked except during tours

CHL No. 1054 TOMO KAHNI