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2010

Archaeologists began 2010 searching for the remains of a men’s barracks at James Fort and discovered five deep postholes spaced 12 feet apart, creating an area […]

2011

In 2011 archaeological excavations continued to uncover the remains of James Fort’s first substantial church near the center of the fort. Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists also indentified a […]

2012

In 2012 another early James Fort-period building was discovered near the brick church tower. This L-shaped cellar had been used as a kitchen. Two large brick […]

2013

In 2013 the Jamestown Rediscovery team and the Smithsonian Institution announced the discovery of human remains that had been processed to be cannibalized. The remains were […]

Exhibit

Jane’s Story has been added to a special room of the Nathalie P. and Alan M. Voorhees Archaearium that discusses death in the early years of […]

Forensics and Jane

Jane’s History

Discovering Jane

2014

In 2014 archaeologists found the northeast corner to the James Fort 1608 addition that turned the fort into a five-sided space. At that corner the Jamestown […]

West Bulwark

A Ditch and its Treasures In the summer of 2003, archaeologists discovered the remains of the western bulwark ditch of James Fort. On the far southwestern […]

Large Post Building

Identifying Structure 184 The remains of a post-in-ground building, dated to the Fort Period (ca. 1607-1624), were found towards the western corner of James Fort. Six […]