THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
No written record can fully restore those moments.
Only fragments remain.
And those fragments are enough to bring the story back.
A SMALL PIECE OF METAL, A HUGE HISTORICAL SHADOW
The sword pommel is small enough to fit in a hand.
Its historical shadow is enormous.
It connects modern Georgia to an expedition that transformed the early history of the Southeast.
It connects archaeology to documentary history.
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