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Yames Towne Shipping Tag Magnet

In 2006, a small lead shipping tag was found at the bottom of a James Fort well dating 1611-1617. Stamped “YAMES TOWNE” with individual die stamps, […]

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Do You Think You Know Who You Are?

­­This past week, Directors of Collection and Archaeology, Michael Lavin and David Givens, transported skeletal remains for ancient DNA (aDNA) testing to Dr. Deborah Bolnick’s Ancient […]

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The Archaeology of Slavery

In 2019, I was offered the opportunity to apply to an NEH funded fellowship, the Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery (DAACS) Summer Institute. This program […]

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French Style Jetton — Marriage

Object number – #134069 Material – Jettons: Copper Alloy Place of Origin – Nuremburg, Germany Date – 1616 Context – Plowzone Location – Collections Category – […]

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What Lies Beneath the Swamp

This past Wednesday, members of the Jamestown Rediscovery team joined Dr. Will Ouimet of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut (UConn) and […]

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October 2022

In the southwest corner of James Fort, in a structure resembling a greenhouse, the lights were on well past sunset several nights this month. Inside, the […]

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Bullet Mold

Object number – 00429-JR Material – Iron Place of Origin – England Date – ca. 1607-1624 Context – East Bulwark Location – Archaearium Category – Arms […]

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Scallop Shell Ornament

Object number – 03722-JR Material – Gold Place of Origin – England Date – ca. 1608-1610 Context – Pit 5 Location – Archaearium Category – Spiritual […]

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Case Bottle

Object number – 03785-JR Material – Glass Place of Origin – Europe Date – ca. 1608-1610 Context – Pit 5 Location – Collections Category – Craft […]

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Spanish Half-Reale, Philip IV

Object number – 01448-JR Material – Coins: Silver Place of Origin – Mexico City, Mexico Date – 1621-1665 Context – Confederate Fort Location – Collections Category […]

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Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries

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Unsettling Nature

Unsettling Nature: Ecology, Phenomenology, and the Settler Colonial Imagination

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