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February 2010

The Jamestown Rediscovery conservation and curatorial staff have their hands full with the thousands of artifacts excavated from the fort’s first well in 2009. Senior Conservator […]

February 12, 2010

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archaeologist sits next to a large pile of oyster shells

January 2010

With the archaeologists out of the field, work now shifts inside to report writing, working on the digital archive, and research, among many other things. In […]

January 12, 2010

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December 2009

The Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological team has concluded its excavations of an early well at the center of James Fort. A wooden barrel was found at the bottom, used […]

December 12, 2009

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November 2009

A wooden barrel has been discovered about eleven feet deep into an early 17th-century well. The barrel was used as a lining to keep the clay […]

November 12, 2009

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two archaeologists excavate on either side of a balk in the middle of a unit

October 2009

The Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological team has hit moist soil about 9 and 1/2 feet deep into an early 17th-century well. The well is located very close […]

October 12, 2009

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Archaeologist records unit with total station while another talks to a large group

September 2009

Digging deeper and deeper into a well near the center of James Fort, the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological team continues to find hundreds of artifacts each day as […]

September 12, 2009

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August 2009

Excavations have reached a depth of about 6 feet in a very early well at the center of James Fort. There has been no let-up for […]

August 12, 2009

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July 2009

Artifacts continue to pour out of what is likely James Fort’s first well, built under the direction of Captain John Smith in early 1609. Sword blades and […]

July 12, 2009

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Archaeologist standing in deep excavation unit

June 2009

The 2009 field school is in session and the students and their Jamestown Rediscovery instructors are focused on an area inside the eastern palisade wall and on a […]

June 12, 2009

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Archaeologists examine artifacts in screen

May 2009

At the center of James Fort, the Jamestown Rediscovery team is troweling away at a very early underground feature. Almost certainly a well, the feature has […]

May 12, 2009

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April 2009

Have we found Jamestown’s first well? Thousands of artifacts are pouring out of a subterranean feature located very close to the center of James Fort. The archaeologists […]

April 12, 2009

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Sandbag and excavated brick wall of excavated cellar

October 2008

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have daylighted the spectacularly-complete brick floor of the cellar of a building that probably burned during Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676. A thick layer of […]

October 13, 2008

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