Awesome. I loved it. What a contrast of a church and prison.
I agree with you on the place of interacting with people in a locality about their indigenous history. Well, you can find tons of opinions online, ready-made, it is easy to find, but not as easy to digest as a human will pull you through. Just think of the different types of pages that a typical Web search turns up: news articles, which summarize events for the average person; blogs, which are usually very brief; Web forums, which only rarely go into depth; and encyclopedia articles and other mere summaries of topics. The point is that most of the stuff that you typically find on the Internet is pretty lightweight especially ones that involves ancient times. Just like @velimir met people on the streets of that locality to inquire more on the topic.

“Right,” you say, “what’s wrong with the internet? Great taste, less filling!
Excellent post.