Genga, alternative spelling Gengaa and Kengaa,[1][2] was a Tongva and Acjachemen village located on Newport Mesa overlooking the Santa Ana River in the Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, California area which included an open site now referred to as Banning Ranch.[3][4][5] Archaeological evidence dates the village at over 9,000 years old.[6][7] Villagers were recorded as Gebit in Spanish Mission records.[8] The village may have been occupied as late as 1829 or 1830.[1]
An attempt in 2001 to preserve a nearby 9,000 year old village site from commercial development failed. A similar attempt to save a burial site of Genga in the 2010s also failed.[7][6] This has initiated concerns over preservation in the area. A large part of the contemporary site of Genga situated in Banning Ranch may be transformed into a public open space as of 2022. The Tongva and Acjachemen support having a voice in the process.[3]
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- ^ Greene, Sean; Curwen, Thomas (9 May 2019). "Mapping the Tongva villages of L.A.'s past". www.latimes.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
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