THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
A second may provide one useful artifact.
A third may answer a question created by the second.
Years later, a pattern becomes visible.
That appears to be what happened at Capachequi.
The research was not built around a single sensational find.
It developed through repeated work.
That is why the final discovery is credible and exciting at the same time.
The dramatic artifact sits on top of years of less dramatic evidence.