THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA

Archaeology provides a different kind of evidence.

The best history comes when the two are compared rather than when one is treated as automatically correct.

CAPACHEQUI WAS NOT AN EMPTY PLACE

One of the most important aspects of the discovery is that the story is not really about finding de Soto.

He was already known.

His expedition was already documented.

The more important discovery is the Native settlement itself.

For centuries, the Indigenous people of Capachequi were known mainly because Spanish writers mentioned them.