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Gallery: Mission San Luis de Apalachee, II

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	The Council House and Chief's House reconstructions at Mission San Luis. (All of the original buildings were destroyed when the mission was abandoned in 1704.)
	A costumed docent stands next to the entrance into the Council House.
	Entrance into the Council House.
	Fish eye view of the Chief's House interior.
	Fish eye view of the Chief's House interior.
	Fish eye view of the Chief's House ceiling.
	Fish eye view of the Chief's House ceiling.
	Fish eye view of the Chief's House ceiling.
	Central hearth in the Chief's House.
	Jars by the central hearth.
	Bowl of corn.
	Fish eye view of the Council House with the chief's dais at center. At 120 feet in diameter, the Council House was twice as large as the Chief's House.
	The Council House was arranged around a central hearth.
	Two types of seating platforms ring the central hearth in this Fish eye view of the Council House.
	Detail of seating platforms in the Council House.
	Platform reserved for the Chief.
	Outer ring of platforms within the Council House.
	A single platform section in the outer ring. Such areas could be used as "motel rooms" for traveling Apalachee.
	Fish eye view of the central hearth. (The modern door was not a part of the original Council House.)
	Jar at the end of a log seat in the Council House.
	Antlers and a turtle shell.
	Council House ceiling.
	Vent in the Council House ceiling.

 

 

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