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September 2022

It’s been an exciting month for the Jamestown Rediscovery team. Our archaeologists are now confident that the early ditch they’ve been excavating is part of the […]

Jamestown in Tsenacommacah Poster

Every October, Virginia celebrates archaeology through special events and programs at libraries, museums, historical societies, clubs, and at active archaeological sites. In 2022, Virginia’s Department of […]

Rediscovering Jamestown Book Series

The Rediscovering Jamestown Book Series encompasses six volumes, each written by our staff of historians, archaeologists, and curators. The Archaearium: Rediscovering Jamestown 1607-1699 [2007] The Archaearium: […]

Rediscovering Jamestown Complete Set (Books 1-6)

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Virginia Honey

Virginia Honey: A Sweet History

A Culinary History of the Chesapeake Bay

The four hundred years since colonization have brought European, African and Asian techniques, ingredients and tastes to the Chesapeake Bay. European colonists and Africans both enslaved […]

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars

Restoring our X-ray Capabilities

X-ray technology is a valuable tool for the conservators at Jamestown. Often times artifacts excavated around James Fort are covered in so much rust that they […]

August 2022

Archaeologists are following the trail of an early 17th-century ditch extending from James Fort’s north bulwark. This has led them to the moat of Confederate Fort […]

Jamestown Luggage Tag

The Yames Towne Shipping Tag This luggage tag design is based on an artifact recovered in 2006 at the bottom of a James Fort well. Individual […]