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The First Africans

The first Africans arrived in Virginia because of the transatlantic slave trade. Across three and a half centuries—from 1501 to 1867—more than 12.5 million Africans were […]

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The Ed Shed

At the Ed Shed, young visitors can sort through artifacts from the excavation sites, pick through 17th century food remains to find evidence of what people […]

Dig Update Archive

connect the moments of discovery In these Dig Update archives you can follow the arc of investigation as the Jamestown Rediscovery archeologists comb the James Fort […]

Pocahontas Plate

This decorative plate features a portrait of Pocahontas in English attire, and the text “Pocahontas”. The portrait is based on an engraving by Simon Van de […]

Artifacts Magnet

This 3″ x 2″ lenticular magnet features dual images; changing the angle from which you view the magnet changes the image you see. On one side […]

17th-Century Church Tower

Reminders of the Capital The 17th-century brick church tower is the last surviving above-ground structure from the days when Jamestown was the capital of Virginia. The […]

Ambassador to England

1616-1617 Sir Thomas Dale sailed back to London in the spring of 1616 to get more financial support for the Virginia Company. To boost publicity, he […]

Marriage

1613-1615 Pocahontas may have married an Indian “pryvate Captayne” named Kocoum in 1610. She lived in Potomac country among Indians, but her relationship with the English […]

Meeting the English

1607-1612 The first meeting of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith is a legendary story, romanticized by Smith in his later writings. He was leading an expedition of the […]

Childhood

1595-1606 Pocahontas was “the most deare and wel-beloved” daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Algonquian Indians in the Tidewater region of Virginia. The man also […]

Note from the Curators

Unparalleled. Rich. surprising. In one of the most important archaeological discoveries of modern times, the Jamestown Rediscovery Project has located the original James Fort site established by […]

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