Archaeology is so specialized these days in the United States that "experts" on the Southeastern Indians, Pre-Columbian Tamaulipas and the Mayas in Yucatan don't have a clue what was going on in the rest of the Americas. A Spanish language version of Wikipedia states that Amichel means "Lugar de la diosa Ixchel," which means "Place of the goddess Ixchel." Dr. Clifton was 100% correct. The three Amichels form a perfect equilateral triangle across the Gulf of Mexico.