THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
This is another reason a village-centered history is more complete than an explorer-centered one.
THE ELDERLY AND THE KNOWLEDGE THEY CARRIED
Older people carried knowledge that would not appear in archaeological reports.
They knew stories.
They knew boundaries.
They remembered previous conflicts.
They understood relationships with neighboring communities.
They knew how the land had changed.