Benjamin Knowles

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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A snowy day at Jamestown, January 2025

January 2025

During January most of the archaeologists are focused on indoor tasks including report writing, digital mapping of features, and helping the collections staff with artifact processing. […]

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February 7, 2025
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Associate Curator Emma Derry, Director of Archaeology Sean Romo, University of Connecticut's Cassie Aimetti and Dr. David Leslie, and Director of Collections and Conservation Michael Lavin examine the latest batch of vibracore samples from Jamestown.

December 2024

As the weather grows colder the majority of the archaeological team has transitioned indoors, writing reports on recent field work and helping collections staff with artifact […]

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January 10, 2025
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Staff Archaeologist Natalie Reid explains the Archaearium excavations to some visitors. Archaeological Field Technicians Eleanor Robb and Hannah Barch are at work behind her.

November 2024

Our archaeological excavations are focused on an area just south of the Archaearium. Work there began during the Field School and Kids Camps in the summer […]

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December 20, 2024
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The archaeologists prepare for excavations in the 1607 burial ground.

October 2024

The Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have successfully excavated the remains of four colonists, three from the 1607 burial ground and one from Smithfield, the field northwest of […]

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November 20, 2024
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The Jamestown Rediscovery team prepares the area of the 1607 burial ground where this year's burial excavations will take place. The three dark rectangles are the top of the grave shafts. The brick scatter at center may be a robbed hearth from a later building. The brick and cobblestone feature at left is a chimney base for a fort-period building that paralleled the west palisade wall and was approximately 92 feet long.

September 2024

The Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists are busily preparing for excavations of burials at both the 1607 burial ground and at Smithfield just south of the Archaearium. The […]

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October 11, 2024
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A 360 degree photo of the excavations in the north field

August 2024

In the field north of James Fort, Archaeological Field Technician Ren Willis is finishing up excavations on one of a series of subfloor pits spread across […]

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September 16, 2024
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Sword maker's mark

A Mysterious Maker

Conservation and research of a marked sword blade from the Governor’s Well Archaeologists recovered many swords and sword elements while excavating the Governor’s Well in the […]

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August 20, 2024
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Staff Archaeologist Natalie Reid leads a tour of Jamestown on the first day of Kids Camp.

July 2024

Jamestown Rediscovery was excited to host both sessions of their Archaeological Kids Camp this month! Kids Camp Coordinator Natalie Reid and the archaeology team led the […]

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August 15, 2024
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Leather shoe fragments excavated from the Governor's Well in water after excavation, fall 2023

These Shoes Were Made For Walkin’: Leather shoes from The Governor’s Well

Shoes are among the most personal artifacts in Rediscovery’s archaeological collection. Unlike so many things from the 17th century that are no longer used today, we […]

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August 13, 2024
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Vibracoring in the Pitch and Tar Swamp

June 2024

From vibracoring to ground-penetrating radar, from Bacon’s Castle to St. Mary’s City, this year’s field school students have spent June learning a multi-disciplinary approach to archaeology […]

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July 15, 2024
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