Dig Updates

May 2013

 The Smithsonian Institution, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and Preservation Virginia have confirmed the first scientifically-proven occurrence of survival cannibalism in Colonial America. The collaboration was […]

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April 2013

 As winter clung to eastern Virginia, the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists returned to the field in the first week of April and brought spring with them. […]

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Slate tablet lying in situ next to trowel

March 2013

 An English expert on slates visited Historic Jamestowne in March to get a closer look at the tablet on display at the Archaearium. “It’s truly […]

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Silver teething stick with coral end

February 2013

Bly Straube, senior archaeological curator for the Jamestown Rediscovery project, is preparing a combination whistle and teething stick for exhibit this spring. She says the object […]

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January 2013

 In the wintertime, with fieldwork temporarily at a halt, conservation efforts in the laboratory are aided by the addition of staff archaeologist Don Warmke who […]

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December 2012

 The sturgeon bones layered across the floor of the L-shaped cellar illuminate how important the river was as a source of food for early James […]

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November 2012

 Could an oven inside the L-shaped cellar still bake bread today? Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists working on the features were surprised this month to find that […]

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Staff shows artifact to visiting children

October 2012

 October is a golden month for archaeology at James Fort. The high heat of the summer is gone but there is still warmth and sunshine. […]

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September 2012

 This summer’s archaeological work around the 17th-century brick church tower is noteworthy for what it did and didn’t find. The units opened just south of […]

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August 2012

 Now there are two brick features in the L-shaped cellar near James Fort’s first well. Were these brick features in Structure 191 heating sources for […]

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Soil layers within excavation unit sidewall

July 2012

 The L-shaped cellar near James Fort’s first well has been found to have a brick feature at its southeast end, steps at its north end, […]

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June 2012

 This summer eight different 10-by-10 foot units will be opened just south of the 1907 Memorial Church. In June the 2012 Field School students began […]

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