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Pit 1

A Multipurpose Pit The first significant feature excavated by the Rediscovery team in 1994 was an amorphous pit, with complicated stratigraphy, located near James Fort’s southeastern […]

Historic Jamestowne

Historic Jamestowne, encompassing all of Jamestown Island, is the original site of James Fort and the first successful English settlement in North America. The 1500+ acre […]

2015

In 2015 the Jamestown Rediscovery team focused on excavating a backfilled cellar from the James Fort period found at the northeast corner of the fort’s 1608 […]

Kids in Jamestown History

they helped build a new world but rarely show up in the written history Young people have been important at Jamestown since the very beginning. There […]

The First General Assembly

the oldest continuous law-making body in the western hemisphere The most convenient place we could finde to sitt in was the Quire of the Churche Where […]

Zuñiga Map of James Fort

This hand-drawn map depicts the only known illustration of the 1607 James Fort and its surroundings. In spring of 1608, John Smith prepared two copies of […]

Portuguese Coarseware

Material – Earthenware Place of Origin – Portugal Date – 16th-17th century Location – Collections Vessels of this ware type have been identified at Jamestown in […]

Archaeology Research Resources

The Second Supply

The First Supply