Syuxtun (also known as Syujtun) is a former Chumash village in Santa Barbara, California, United States.

[2] Recognized as Burton Mound, a California Historical Landmark, the site is administered by the city as Ambassador Park.

The village, then called Syujtun,[1] or Syuxtun,[2] was visited by Gaspar de Portolà around August 1769.

Portolà's party stated that the village was the largest out of all they visited up to that point, and that at least 600 people lived there.

He was a well-known hunter and trapper, and for years lived in a picturesque adobe overlooking the ocean from the crest of Burton's Mound, which was named after him.

"[3] Burton became a major figure in Santa Barbara, opening a series of businesses in the town, including a post office, general store, and orchards.

[1] There was once a natural sulfurated spring at Burton Mound, "between Chapala and Bath Streets...near the Joseph Chapman adobe.