Iiankile ekusenokwenzeka ukuba zezomkhombe waseSpain uHernán Cortés zafunyanwa kwi-Mexican Gulf Coast, IZiko leLizwe laseMexico le-Anthropology kunye neMbali (INAH) ubhengeze ngoMvulo.
Iiankile, abathi abembi bezinto zakudala bakholelwa ukuba zazineminyaka eyi-500, zafunyanwa kunxweme lweVilla Rica, emantla edolophu yaseVeracruz. Umda wexesha uya kufaneleka ngokugqibeleleyo nokaCortés njengoko iirekhodi zibonisa ukuba wafika eVeracruz ngo-Epreli 1519.
Amaqela e-dive aphanda enye yeempazamo ezininzi ezifunyenwe ngexesha lovavanyo lwe-magnetometer zamanzi ekucingelwa ukuba ziqulathe intsalela yeenqwelomoya ezinqabileyo zikaHernán Cortés zowe-1519. Amaqela okuntywila aphanda enye yeempazamo ezininzi ezifunyenwe ngethuba lovavanyo lweemagnethi zamanzi ekucingelwa ukuba ziqulathe intsalela yezinqanawa zikaHernán Cortés ezakhwankqisayo zowe-1519. Kwiminyaka engama-500 ukusukela kumnyhadala, isanti eninzi iye yafudukela kwindawo egubungela indawo. kwezi ndawo zakudala. Esi santi kufuneka sisuswe ngononophelo ukutyhila iziqwenga zezithuthi ezingcwatyelwe phantsi kwaso. Ngasekunene kwesakhelo ngumtya omhlophe ocacisa indawo yokukhangela | Ityala: Ngobubele bukaJonathan Kingston 
Umbono wasemoyeni weVilla Rica de la Vera Cruz okanye iDolophu eTyebileyo yoMnqamlezo eyiyo. IVilla Rica yidolophu eyasekwa nguHernán Cortés ngo-1519 ukuze abaleke uxanduva olusemthethweni ku-Diego Velázquez, iRhuluneli yaseCuba kunye nomxhasi wohambo lukaCortés. Ngokuseka idolophu uCortés wayephendula kuphela kuCharles V, uKumkani waseSpain. Kulapha apho uloyiso lukaCortés lwaseMexico lwaqala ngokusesikweni kwaye apha wazibetha iinqwelo zakhe ukuthintela uguquko ngamadoda akhe ngoJulayi ka-1519. Ityala: Ngobubele bukaJonathan Kingston
Ii-anchor zangcwatyelwa ngaphantsi kwe-30 yeenyawo zentlenge-kwaye i-archaeologists ikholelwa ukuba kunokubakho ezinye izinto ezikufutshane, nangona kungaqinisekiswanga ukuba ii-anchor bezizezithuthi zikaCortes njengoko omnye umhloli wabonisa kwindawo enye emva nje.
Kodwa kukholelwa ngokubanzi ukuba uCortés wazitshonisa iinqanawa zakhe kuloo ndawo ukunqanda amalungu aphikisayo omkhosi wakhe ukuba angabinakho ukuya eCuba.
Uloyiso lwaseMexico yayisisiganeko semali kwimbali yoluntu, kwaye ezi nqanawa, ukuba sinokuzifumana, ziya kuba ziimpawu zongqubano lwenkcubeko olukhokelele kwinto ngoku eyiNtshona, ezobupolitika nezentlalo, utshilo u-archaeologist uFrederick Hanselmann kwi ingxelo.