Dig Updates

June 2014

 For years the outstretched arms of Pocahontas have beckoned visitors to explore. Now it looks like she was also trying to call the attention of […]

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Artifacts in museum display

May 2014

 In June a new exhibit at the Voorhees Archaearium will reveal new details about the material world of Virginia’s Native peoples and their interaction with […]

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April 2014

 Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have returned to an area outside the western palisade of James Fort where they worked a decade ago, near where they found […]

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Gold ring with stamped skull

March 2014

 Almost on a daily basis someone will ask the field crew if they’ve found any gold yet. Over 99% of the time the answer is […]

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February 2014

 John, Paul, George and Ringo wanted to hold your hand in 1964. But the very first English beetles to invade North America wanted table scraps, […]

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January 2014

 The forensic work done on the bones of “Jane” in 2013 has led to a re-evaluation of previous finds by the Jamestown Rediscovery team. That […]

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December 2013

After the Powhatan Indians found a way to wound English soldiers who wore the latest solid metal breastplates, the English turned to old technology to fend […]

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November 2013

 The headstone fragment doesn’t even have a woman’s name on it, but it may belong to a woman who was well-connected to important 18th century […]

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October 2013

 The appearance of a second deep “foundation” posthole near the James Fort extension has raised questions about the look of the fort before or just […]

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September 2013

 This summer, archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne found 10 dark planting furrows extending eastward from the original 1607 James Fort and dating to the first months […]

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August 2013

 About 5,000 bricks made by craftsmen at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation are going into Historic Jamestowne’s 17th-century church tower to stabilize the 300-year-old structure. Historic […]

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July 2013

 Excavations in the north churchyard of the 1907 Memorial Church have found an unusual burial near the human graves: a complete horse. At the end […]

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