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{{short description|Historical settlement of the Apalachee people}}
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'''Anhaica''' (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was an [[Apalachee]] town and capital of the [[Apalachee Province]], located near Myers Park in the present-day city of [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Florida]].
[[File:DeSoto Map Leg 1 HRoe 2008.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A proposed route for the first leg of the de Soto Expedition, based on [[Charles M. Hudson (author)|Charles M. Hudson]] map of 1997]]
'''Anhaica''' (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was the principal town of the [[Apalachee]] people, located in what is now [[Tallahassee, Florida]]. In the early period of [[Spanish Florida|Spanish colonization]], it was the capital of the [[Apalachee Province]]. The site, now known as '''Martin Archaeological Site''', was rediscovered in 1988.


==History==
Anhaica was rediscovered in 1988 by Florida State [[archaeologist]] [[B. Calvin Jones]] on the grounds of the [[Gov. John W. Martin House]] in Tallahassee. Now known as the '''Martin Archaeological Site''', (8LE853B), the site has produced examples of early sixteenth-century Spanish coins, olive jars, chain mail, and crossbow quarrels and is considered to have the best claim to be the winter encampment of the de Soto expedition.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.trailoffloridasindianheritage.org/pdf/fw1.pdf| journal= Southeastern Archaeology|volume=26| issue=2|date=Winter 2007 |title=Modeling Fort Walton Culture in northeast Florida|author1= Marrinan, Rochelle A.|author2= White, Nancy Marie}}</ref> It is now part of the [[DeSoto Site Historic State Park]].
In the late pre-invasion era the site became the capital of the Apalachee after the abandonment of the former capital, the [[Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park|Lake Jackson Mounds Site]], in approximately 1500. The fact that no [[platform mound]]s are found at Anhaica may indicate a political change.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} Either Anhiaca was not occupied long enough for the construction of mounds to begin, or mounds were no longer being built. Also, disease could have been introduced from the [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] expedition through [[Apalachee]] in 1528 reducing population, changing village location and/or [[mound]]-building activities.


Anhaica had 250 buildings when [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] set up camp there on October 6, 1539, forcing the Apalachee to abandon the village.<ref name="Hudson1998">{{cite book|author=Charles Hudson|title=Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWJnGjxjJk8C|access-date=24 August 2013|year=1998|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-2062-5|pages=118–119}}</ref> De Soto left the town in March 1540.
==Prehistory==
In the late prehistoric/protohistoric era the site became the capital of the Apalachee after the abandonment of the former capital, the [[Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park|Lake Jackson Mounds Site]], in approximately 1500 CE. The fact that no [[platform mound]]s are found at Anhaica may indicate a political change. Either Anhiaca was not occupied long enough for the construction of mounds to begin or mounds were no longer being built. Also, disease could have been introduced from the [[Pánfilo de Narváez]] expedition through [[Apalachee]] in 1528 reducing population, changing village location and or [[mound]]-building activities.

==Historic era==
Anhaica's population was approximately 30,000, with the whole province having an estimated population of around 60,000.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} Anhaica had 250 buildings when [[Hernando de Soto (explorer)|Hernando de Soto]] set up camp there in October of 1539, forcing the Apalachee to abandon the village. De Soto left the town in March of 1540.
About 1633, the [[Franciscan|Franciscan Order]]'s Mission La Purificacion de Tama established a mission at the site of Anhaica.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
About 1633, the [[Franciscan|Franciscan Order]]'s Mission La Purificacion de Tama established a mission at the site of Anhaica.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}

===Rediscovery===
Anhaica was rediscovered in 1988 by [[Florida State University]] archaeologist [[B. Calvin Jones]] on the grounds of the [[Gov. John W. Martin House]] in Tallahassee. Now known as the Martin Archaeological Site ([[Smithsonian trinomial|8LE853B]]), the site has produced examples of early sixteenth-century Spanish coins, olive jars, chain mail, and crossbow quarrels and is considered to have the best claim to be the winter encampment of the de Soto expedition.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.trailoffloridasindianheritage.org/pdf/fw1.pdf| journal=Southeastern Archaeology| volume=26| issue=2| date=Winter 2007| title=Modeling Fort Walton Culture in northeast Florida| author1=Marrinan, Rochelle A.| author2=White, Nancy Marie| access-date=2012-05-13| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403084151/http://www.trailoffloridasindianheritage.org/pdf/fw1.pdf| archive-date=2013-04-03| url-status=dead}}</ref> It is now part of the [[DeSoto Site Historic State Park]].


==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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*[http://floridahistory.com/scholars.html Obsolete De Soto Trail Theory] - De Soto's winter encampment in Tallahassee
*Hann, John H. and McEwan, Bonnie G., ''The Apalachee Indians and Mission San Luis'', University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1998.
*Hann, John H. and McEwan, Bonnie G., ''The Apalachee Indians and [[Mission San Luis de Apalache|Mission San Luis]]'', University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1998.
*[http://TalTrust.org Tallahassee Trust]
*[http://TalTrust.org Tallahassee Trust]
*[http://anhaica.net/welcome.htm Anhaica Net]
*[http://anhaica.net/welcome.htm Anhaica Net]
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Latest revision as of 23:19, 3 December 2024

A proposed route for the first leg of the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997

Anhaica (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was the principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida. In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee Province. The site, now known as Martin Archaeological Site, was rediscovered in 1988.

History

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In the late pre-invasion era the site became the capital of the Apalachee after the abandonment of the former capital, the Lake Jackson Mounds Site, in approximately 1500. The fact that no platform mounds are found at Anhaica may indicate a political change.[citation needed] Either Anhiaca was not occupied long enough for the construction of mounds to begin, or mounds were no longer being built. Also, disease could have been introduced from the Pánfilo de Narváez expedition through Apalachee in 1528 reducing population, changing village location and/or mound-building activities.

Anhaica had 250 buildings when Hernando de Soto set up camp there on October 6, 1539, forcing the Apalachee to abandon the village.[1] De Soto left the town in March 1540. About 1633, the Franciscan Order's Mission La Purificacion de Tama established a mission at the site of Anhaica.[citation needed]

Rediscovery

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Anhaica was rediscovered in 1988 by Florida State University archaeologist B. Calvin Jones on the grounds of the Gov. John W. Martin House in Tallahassee. Now known as the Martin Archaeological Site (8LE853B), the site has produced examples of early sixteenth-century Spanish coins, olive jars, chain mail, and crossbow quarrels and is considered to have the best claim to be the winter encampment of the de Soto expedition.[2] It is now part of the DeSoto Site Historic State Park.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Charles Hudson (1998). Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun: Hernando de Soto and the South's Ancient Chiefdoms. University of Georgia Press. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-0-8203-2062-5. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. ^ Marrinan, Rochelle A.; White, Nancy Marie (Winter 2007). "Modeling Fort Walton Culture in northeast Florida" (PDF). Southeastern Archaeology. 26 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2012-05-13.