Benjamin Knowles

Following the Dragon exhibit

December 2025

Just west of the 1680s Church Tower, the only surviving above-ground 17th-century structure at Jamestown, the archaeology team continues their excavations of the areas that will […]

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January 15, 2026
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Excavations outside the Church Tower

November 2025

Just outside the Church Tower entrance, the archaeology team is excavating several squares to prepare for the installation of Church drainage and a new visitor pathway […]

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January 6, 2026
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Flooding at Smithfield 10/13/2025

October 2025

Two conspicuous white, wood-framed, plastic-covered buildings sprung up at Jamestown this month, the semi-transparent plastic hiding the flurry of activity inside. The two buildings, one near […]

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January 5, 2026
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Staff Archaeologist Caitlin Delmas takes measurements of the postholes in a palisade running through the 1607 Burial Ground.

September 2025

At the 1607 Burial Ground the Jamestown Archaeologists are at work preparing the area for next month’s excavations of three colonists who died in the first […]

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October 14, 2025
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Three of the bone combs in the Jamestown collection

August 2025

In the area dubbed “West Arch” (West Archaearium) by the archaeologists, features both old and modern continue to be discovered. This site is very close to […]

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September 17, 2025
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2025 field school students at the cellar site with archaeological and collections staff

June 2025

Jamestown Rediscovery was happy to welcome eleven students to this year’s archaeological field school, where the archaeology and collections teams taught a hands-on archaeology primer from […]

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July 30, 2025
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aDNA Lab Virtual Tour

While the discovery of artifacts in graves (e.g., a captain’s staff, coffin nails, and a reliquary) provided considerable insight into the life and death of individuals […]

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July 9, 2025
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Senior Staff Archaeologist Mary Anna Hartley and Staff Archaeologist Caitlin Delmas screen for artifacts during the excavations in Bacon's Castle cellar.

May 2025

As opening day of the 2025 Jamestown Field School approaches the archaeology team is preparing the various excavation sites that they’ll be working on. One is […]

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July 8, 2025
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A drone shot of the first 5' x 5' excavation squares in Smithfield

April 2025

The area to the south and west of the Archaearium is abuzz with the scrapes of archaeologists’ shovels and trowels carefully exposing the historic layers beneath […]

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May 23, 2025
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Archaeological Field Technicians Josh Barber and Hannah Barch share their findings with visitors to the excavations southwest of the Archaearium.

March 2025

The archaeology team is welcoming the onset of spring and the opportunity to get back outside. They have resumed their excavations close to the Archaearium, working […]

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April 23, 2025
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A button and a partial Turk's head pipe found at the Godspeed Cottage excavations

February 2025

Excavations continue just to the east of the Godspeed Cottage. Three postholes — likely for a fence — were found approximately 5 feet apart from each […]

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March 14, 2025
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Sketches of the 2024 burial excavations of the 1607 burial ground by Archaeological Field Technician Eleanor Robb

Drawing the Dead

Behind the Scenes of Illustrating the 2024 Burial Excavations February 27, 2025. Eleanor Robb, Archaeological Field Technician. Every year, the field crew at Jamestown Rediscovery excavates […]

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February 28, 2025
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