THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
There is an irony in this.
The expedition tried to take wealth from the Southeast.
The most valuable legacy for modern researchers is not gold.
It is information.
The written record, combined with archaeological evidence, helps reconstruct a Native world that would otherwise be much harder to see.
THE MATERIALS THAT SURVIVED
Not everything survives equally well.
Organic materials can disappear.
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