THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
Technologies spread.
Information moved.
But exchange could happen under coercion.
A person can exchange an object because they want to.
Another person can exchange because an armed soldier is standing nearby.
The difference matters.
At Capachequi, the evidence of chains and weapons reminds us that contact had a violent dimension.
The goal is not to erase cultural exchange.