THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
The exact experiences of individual people are harder to recover.
But archaeology can narrow the possibilities.
A Native house occupied by Spanish soldiers tells one story.
A Spanish object in a Native context tells another.
Chains tell another.
Weapon fragments tell another.
Together, they can reveal a settlement caught in an extraordinary moment.
Imagine the scene.