Complex sentence: In 1972 there was a second eviction of the settlers who still lived south of the Las Americas to make way for excavations, where they found the remains of an indigenous settlement that had occupied the area.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1972 there was a second eviction of the settlers who still lived south of the Las Americas to make way for excavations. Here, they found the remains of an indigenous settlement that had occupied the area.