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Acorns
Acorns
Excavator holding pink quartzite projectile point
Archaic Point
Bald Eagle Bones
Bald Eagle Bones
Hands holding mended earthenware pot with basket impressions
Basket Pot
assortment of beads
Beads
Bear Claws
Bear Claws

Beaver Bones
Beaver Bones
Blueberry Seeds
Blueberry Seeds
Bobcat Bones
Bobcat Bones
Assortment of bone needles
Bone Needles
Box turtle carapace
Box Turtle Carapace
Side view of a brick with a pig hoofprint
Brick with Hoofprint

Clay pipe bowl incised with horse face and bridle
Bridled Horse Pipe
Catfish Bones
Catfish Bones
Cattle Bones
Cattle Bones
Celts
Cherry Pits
Cherry Pits
Chesapecten jeffersonius
Chesapecten jeffersonius

Clay Balls
Clay Balls
assortment of charred corn cob fragments
Corn
square cut copper piece with a pierced hole in one corner
Copper Pendant
Clay tobacco pipe with inscribed lettering near bowl
Cotton Pipes
Crab Claws
Quartz projectile point
Crystal Quartz Point

Daub
Daub
Diamondback Terrapin Carapace
Diamondback Terrapin Carapace
Assortment of bone dice
Dice
Dolphin Bones
Dolphin Bones
Domestic Cat Bones
Domestic Cat Bones
Drilled Pearls
Drilled Pearls

Drum Plate
Drum Plate
English Flint Points
Fishhook
Fishhooks
Bone tool
Flesher
Fossilized Mammal Bone
Fossilized Mammal Bone
Frog Bones
Frog Bones

Gar Fish Bones and Scales
Gar Fish Bones and Scales
Goose Bones
Goose Bones
Grape Seeds
Groundhog Bones
Groundhog Bones
Close-up photograph of three hickory nuts
Hickory Nuts
Megalodon Teeth

antler with a drilled hole on one end
Modified Antler
Mud or Musk Turtle Carapace
Mud or Musk Turtle Carapace
Muskrat Bones
Muskrat Bones
Cracked stone with round indentation in middle and small round stone sitting on top
Nutting Stone
Osprey Bones
Osprey Bones
Otter Bones
Otter Bones

oyster shell
Oyster Shells
assortment of seeds
Passionflower Seeds
Persimmon Seeds
Persimmon Seeds
Possum Bones
Possum Bones
Mended sherds of a Native American pot
Potomac Creek Pot
Printed Bricks
Printed Bricks

squash seeds
Pumpkin and Squash Seeds and Stems
Raccoon Bones
Raccoon Bones
Raptor Bones
Raptor Bones
Six ray mouthplates
Ray Mouthplates
Hands holding a stamped Virginia Indian clay pot
Roanoke Simple Stamped
Shark Teeth & Vertebra
Shark Teeth & Vertebra

Snake Bones
Snake Bones
Squirrel Bones
Squirrel Bones
Sturgeon
Sturgeon
small triangular projectile point
Triangular Point
Turkey Vulture Bones
Turkey Vulture Bones
Walnuts
Walnuts

historic jamestowne visitor center

1368 Colonial Pkwy
Jamestown, VA 23081

hours Daily: 9:00am to 5:00pm (entrance gate: 8:45am to 4:30pm)
closed Nov. 27, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1

phone (757) 856-1250

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