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Anhaica (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was an ApalacheeApalachee

The Apalachee were an Indian tribe that lived in Apalachee Province, Florida until the tribe was largely destroyed and dispe...
 Indian town and capital of Apalachee ProvinceApalachee Province

Apalachee Province was the area populated by the group of Native American peoples known as the Apalachee located in what is ...
 located near Myers Park in the present-day city of TallahasseeTallahassee, Florida Summary

Tallahassee is the capital city of Florida, a state of the United States of America....
, FloridaFlorida

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. Anhaica's population was approximately 30,000. The province had an estimated population of around 60,000. Anhaica had 250 buildings when Hernando de SotoHernando de Soto (explorer) Summary

Hernando de Soto was a Spanish navigator and conquistador, born in Barcarrota, Spain....
 set up camp there in October of 1539 forcing the Apalachee to abandon the village. Hernando de Soto left in March of 1540.

About 1633 the Franciscan OrderFranciscan

The term Franciscan is used to refer to the Roman Catholic orders which follow the monastic rule of St....
's Mission La Purificacion de Tama established a mission at the former site of Anhaica. The fact that no platformPlatform mound

A Platform Mound is any earthwork intended to support a structure or activity....
 or pyramidal mounds are found at Anhaica may indicate a political change. Either Anhiaca was not occupied long or mounds were no longer being built. Also, disease could have been introduced from the Pánfilo de NarváezPánfilo de Narváez

Pnfilo de Narvez was a Spanish conqueror and soldier in the Americas. ...
 expedition through ApalacheeApalachee Summary

The Apalachee were an Indian tribe that lived in Apalachee Province, Florida until the tribe was largely destroyed and dispe...
 in 1528 reducing population, changing village location and or moundMound Overview

----A mound is a general term for an artificial heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris....
-building activities. Anhaica was rediscovered in 1988 by Florida state archaeologist B. Calvin Jones.

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