114 results found for: 1617 Church

The Grave in the Chancel

Over the past several years Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have been excavating the site of the 1617 church and have unearthed portions of its original foundations and […]

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Excavations & Research

The Jamestown Rediscovery Project began in 1994 with the hope of uncovering the site of the original James Fort, long considered lost to erosion in the […]

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The Knight’s Tombstone

The Knight’s Tombstone, a 32″ by 68″ broken ledger stone of Belgian black limestone, originally marked the grave of one of Jamestown’s elites in the floor […]

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Exhibit

In 2019, Virginia and the nation commemorated the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in America, the General Assembly. Highlighting the importance of this foundational […]

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Recent Excavations

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists continue to excavate around the 1907 Memorial Church, hoping to learn more about the three 17th-century churches that once stood on this site. […]

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Sir George Yeardley

Governor, Sir George Yeardley George Yeardley was born in 1588, the year of the Spanish Armada, in Southwark, London. He came from a middling background and […]

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March 2018

With only a few months remaining in the excavation schedule, the Jamestown Rediscovery team continues to search within the 1907 Memorial Church for the three […]

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February 2018

When Rediscovery archaeologists began excavating in the east end of the 1907 Memorial Church in the fall of 2016, they uncovered an unexpected assortment of artifacts […]

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2018

In 2018, Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists continued their preparations for the 2019 commemorations with excavations one two sites, one linked to the meeting of the first representative […]

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November 2017

Through the removal of backfill from the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) 1901-1902 excavation Rediscovery archaeologists have gained several new insights into the […]

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October 2017

In October, the Jamestown Rediscovery team focused exclusively on the eastern end of the Jamestown Memorial Church. They hoped to uncover evidence of the 1617 church’s […]

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July 2017

Thanks to precise and patient trowel work by staff and intern archaeologists, the east churchyard site opened by the 2017 Jamestown Field School students finally yielded […]

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