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May 2014

In June a new exhibit at the Voorhees Archaearium will reveal new details about the material world of Virginia’s Native peoples and their interaction with […]

May 11, 2014

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April 2014

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have returned to an area outside the western palisade of James Fort where they worked a decade ago, near where they found […]

April 11, 2014

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March 2014

Almost on a daily basis someone will ask the field crew if they’ve found any gold yet. Over 99% of the time the answer is […]

March 11, 2014

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February 2014

John, Paul, George and Ringo wanted to hold your hand in 1964. But the very first English beetles to invade North America wanted table scraps, […]

February 11, 2014

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January 2014

The forensic work done on the bones of “Jane” in 2013 has led to a re-evaluation of previous finds by the Jamestown Rediscovery team. That […]

January 11, 2014

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December 2013

After the Powhatan Indians found a way to wound English soldiers who wore the latest solid metal breastplates, the English turned to old technology to fend […]

December 11, 2013

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Cannibalism proof named Top 10 find in the world in 2013

For the second time in four years, the work of the Jamestown Rediscovery staff has made Archaeology Magazine’s list of Top 10 Discoveries of the Year […]

December 4, 2013

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November 2013

The headstone fragment doesn’t even have a woman’s name on it, but it may belong to a woman who was well-connected to important 18th century […]

November 11, 2013

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October 2013

The appearance of a second deep “foundation” posthole near the James Fort extension has raised questions about the look of the fort before or just […]

October 11, 2013

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September 2013

This summer, archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne found 10 dark planting furrows extending eastward from the original 1607 James Fort and dating to the first months […]

September 11, 2013

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August 2013

About 5,000 bricks made by craftsmen at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation are going into Historic Jamestowne’s 17th-century church tower to stabilize the 300-year-old structure. Historic […]

August 11, 2013

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