Another view of the Spanish Govenor's house exposed in parish maintenance road in 1970. Note the sandstone rocks, some of the only large rocks found at the site. These are thought to be the foundation for an attached bake oven, which is shown on Urrutia's profile drawing. Such ovens were common in French colonial sites and do occur in Mexico. While the corn-based foods, such as tortillas cooked on comales or griddles, were the Los Adaes norm, wheat bread may have been considered a higher status food by Spanish governors.
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