THE NATIVE VILLAGE THAT HID HERNANDO DE SOTO’S FIRST CAMP IN AMERICA
They were not writing a Native history of the Southeast.
A Native family standing beside its house would not necessarily appear in the chronicle.
A farming field might be mentioned only because it supplied food to the soldiers.
A ceremonial object might be described as treasure.
A political leader might be described as a “chief” even when the Spanish did not fully understand how authority worked.
Archaeology can therefore correct the imbalance.
The soil preserves information that the chroniclers did not consider important.
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