Dig Updates | Historic Jamestowne

October 2006

Though James Fort ceased to exist over 350 years ago, 12 years of archaeology have revealed its walls’ exact footprint on the landscape. The archaeologists have […]

October 14, 2006

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September 2006

Did the colonists at Jamestown build a fort within a fort? That’s the question the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists are asking themselves as a peculiar ditch discovered […]

September 14, 2006

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August 2006

Another interesting underground feature has been discovered by the archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne. Although it is far too early to tell definitively what it is, probing […]

August 14, 2006

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July 2006

Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have reached undisturbed soil in an early 17th century well discovered inside the northern corner of James Fort. The fact that the soil […]

July 14, 2006

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June 2006

This year’s field school is in session and the students are helping the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists dig near the northern bulwark of James Fort. Excavation of […]

June 14, 2006

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March 2006

Archaeologists excavating an early well near James Fort’s north bulwark have uncovered a wealth of early artifacts and have reached the water table, the depth at […]

March 14, 2006

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February 2006

Because of an unusually mild January, Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologists have been able to make solid progress in the excavation of a very early well inside James […]

February 14, 2006

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November 2005

Excavations continue near the northern corner of James Fort as the archaeologists’ efforts are focused on a sunken hearth and the well beneath it. The dig […]

November 14, 2005

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October 2005

The archaeologists at Historic Jamestowne are making preparations to excavate a hearth and a possible well feature underneath it near the northern bulwark of James Fort. […]

October 14, 2005

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September 2005

Some very early features—from the first few years of the fort—have been discovered in the past month. At the northernmost end of one of the cobblestone […]

September 14, 2005

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August 2005

A section of the James Fort site near the western palisade wall has been backfilled. By filling in excavated sections of the site with dirt, the […]

August 14, 2005

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July 2005

James Fort continues to be excavated bit by bit and has yielded some interesting discoveries over the past month. Archaeologists have found a possible 17th century […]

July 14, 2005

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