As archaeology turns to the study of sustained colonialism, researchers are reassessing sites occupied by Native people from the mid-nineteenth century onward. In California, this was a particularly crucial time, with many Indigenous people creating social and economic ties with newcomers in order to maintain connections to their ancestral homelands. One such locale was Toms Point, a landform on Tomales Bay, where Coast Miwok people worked at a trading post run by an American entrepreneur. This article explores the material evidence for their engagement with a broad array of social and economic connections, including the California coastal trade, the salvage of a local shipwreck, and persistent Indigenous exchange networks.

随着考古学转向对持续殖民主义的研究，研究人员正在重新评估自19世纪中叶以来土著人民所居住的地点。在加利福尼亚，这是一个特别关键的时期，许多土著人与新移民建立了社会和经济联系，以维持与祖先家园的联系。这样的地区之一就是汤姆斯波因特（Toms Point），这是托马斯湾（Tomales Bay）的地貌，米沃海岸（Coast Miwok）的人在那儿工作，该交易所由一位美国企业家经营。本文探讨了他们参与广泛的社会和经济联系的物质证据，包括加利福尼亚州的沿海贸易，打捞当地的沉船事故以及持久的土著人交流网络。