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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 […]

French Style Jetton — Marriage

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

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 […]

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 […]

Bullet Mold

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

Scallop Shell Ornament

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

Case Bottle

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

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 […]