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Candle Snuffer

A scissor snuffer piece was excavated in James Fort in a feature dating from 1617 to the mid-18th century. Introduced in the late 15th century, candle […]

Hand Cast Pewter Serving Spoon

Most of the eating implements found at Jamestown are comprised of bone-handled knives, though nearly 100 spoons, primarily made of copper alloy or pewter, have been […]

April 2023

Archaeology is advancing our understanding of a ditch thought to date to 1608 as excavations on a segment of it near completion. A few feet to […]

Jane: Starvation, Cannibalism, And Endurance At Jamestown – Case of 80

Jane: Starvation, Cannibalism, And Endurance At Jamestown

[3rd Edition]

Case of 80

Church and State – Case of 35

Church and State: The Archaeology of the Foundations of Democracy

Case of 35

Angela: Jamestown and the First Africans – Case of 50

Case of 50

English Penny, Charles I

Object number – 01425-JR, 03000-JR Material – Coin: Silver Place of Origin – England Date – 1625 – 1642 Context – James Fort, John White’s House […]

Pocahontas

In 1607, when John Smith and his “Coatmen” arrive in Powhatan to begin settling the colony of Virginia, their relations with the village’s inhabitants are anything […]

A Tryal of Glasse

A Tryal of Glasse: The Story of Glassmaking at Jamestown

Life in a Longhouse Village

The people who lived in the northeastern woodlands belonged to many nations and spoke many languages. This region’s two major language groups were Iroquoian and Algonkian. […]

Arrival of the First Africans in Virginia

In 1619, a group of thirty-two African men, women and children arrived on the shores of Virginia. They had been kidnapped in the royal city of […]

The James River

Images of America: The James River

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