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The Yeardley House

The Yeardley House was constructed by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) prior to the 1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition to provide a place for members […]

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Yeardley, George

Given Name: George
Surname: Yeardley (Yardley)
Spouse: Temperance Flowerdew (separate record available)

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Why Yeardley?

Why could this be Governor Sir George Yeardley? In 2018, Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists completed excavation of one of the 1617 church’s earliest and most-prominently-positioned graves, believed […]

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Sir George Yeardley

Governor, Sir George Yeardley George Yeardley was born in 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, in Southwark, London. He came from a middling background and […]

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Cross Pattée

Object Number – 07754-JR Material – Crosses and Crucifixes: Lead Place of Origin – Unknown Date – 17th Century Context – First Well Location – Collections […]

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Cut Jetton

Object number – 02808-JR Material – Copper Alloy Place of Origin – The Netherlands Date – 1579 Context – James Fort Location – Collections Category – […]

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April 2023

Archaeology is advancing our understanding of a ditch thought to date to 1608 as excavations on a segment of it near completion. A few feet to […]

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February 2023

Just to the north of James Fort the archaeological team has exposed the entire breadth of an early 17th-century well and its builder’s trench. Meanwhile over […]

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The Archaeology of Slavery

In 2019, I was offered the opportunity to apply to an NEH funded fellowship, the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Summer Institute. This program […]

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May 2022

The site is bustling with archaeological activity as our team has more than doubled with the addition of 16 students from this year’s archaeological Field School. […]

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March 2022

This month marks the anniversary of the March 1622 attack by Native peoples on the colony in Virginia. While James Fort was apparently warned and was […]

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Digging with Cultural Connections

I started my internship opportunity rather timid and reserved, because I did not think that I was worthy to be part of such a dynamic and […]

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