Most excavation sites are not much to look at, and archeologist Ken Wild’s is no exception. Just an L-shaped hole, crisscrossed with stakes and string, barricaded to protect the public and keep the wild donkeys out. But within the hole there lies a mass of articulated pre-Columbian materials just a few feet away from a postcard-perfect crescent of pure white sand that fades into the turquoise and cobalt of the Caribbean Sea.

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