THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
It did not intend to build a permanent Spanish town at Capachequi.
Its temporary presence would leave portable artifacts rather than stone buildings.
That makes the small objects especially important.
A sword component may be all that remains of a soldier’s presence.
A piece of chain may be all that remains of a system of captivity.
An iron tool may be all that remains of a moment when European technology entered a Native household.
THE SITE AS A SNAPSHOT
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