A food-processing area.

Those finds could tell us more about the people who actually lived there than another Spanish weapon ever could.

THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE REMEMBERED

It is easy to remember Hernando de Soto.

His name appears in textbooks, maps, parks, roads, and historical discussions.

The people of Capachequi are harder to name because the colonial record preserved their community through a Spanish spelling.

That imbalance is one reason archaeology matters.