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July 2017

Thanks to precise and patient trowel work by staff and intern archaeologists, the east churchyard site opened by the 2017 Jamestown Field School students finally yielded […]

June 2017

Under the guidance of Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists in June, students in the 2017 Archaeological Field School opened new test units east of the churchyard. Our goals […]

May 2017

During May, the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeology team made major progress in the 1906 Memorial Church as we continued to excavate the interior. Since we began in […]

April 2017

During April, the Jamestown Rediscovery team continued excavations in the 1907 Memorial Church, site of three historic Jamestown churches. They focused on the Knight’s Tombstone and […]

The Real Dirt On Jamestown

The Real Dirt on Jamestown: A History of Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeology

Jamestown: The Truth Revealed

What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the […]

March 2017

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists continued excavations in the 1907 Memorial Church this March, focusing on the foundations of the 1617 church. For decades visitors have been able […]

February 2017

This February, new discoveries in the Memorial Church boosted the Jamestown Rediscovery team’s optimism that more evidence of the third, fourth, and fifth churches on the […]

2017

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists are examining the area in and around the 20th-century Memorial Church to look for evidence of two earlier churches—constructed c. 1617 and c. […]

January 2017

Although the recent tests in and around the church have been small, they have provided the team with invaluable explanations regarding previous excavations in the early […]

Zúñiga Square Shot Glass

Clear glass with tinted blue bottom and laser etched Jamestown Rediscovery logo. In 1608 Captain John Smith prepared two hand-drawn maps of James Fort and […]

Zúñiga Patch

Embroidered 3″ patch with iron-on backing. Text reads Historic Jamestowne and includes an image James Fort as depicted on the Zúñiga map. Black embroidery on gray […]

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