Bly Straube in the Jamestown Rediscovery Artifact VaultThe Historic Jamestowne Spring Lecture Series features “Surprises from the Soil: The Material World of America's Birthplace” presented by Bly Straube, senior archaeological curator at Historic Jamestowne. This lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, 326 W. Francis St., in Williamsburg. more...
Planning to Reconstruct Early English Building in BermudaSenior Staff Archaeologist David Givens wasn’t stranded on Bermuda for 10 months like the survivors of the Sea Venture in 1609, but while he was there last month he helped begin construction of the kind of shelter the 1609 castaways made. more...
This iron shot was for a piece of artillery known as a falconet -- a light, cheap cannon that fired small yet lethal shot that was similar in weight and size to a bird of prey.Exciting artifacts began to come out of the ground within days after the first shovels of dirt opened the 19th archaeological season at Historic Jamestowne.
The ground has yielded a brass Nuremberg jetton used for making mathematical calculations, iron shot for a piece of artillery known as a falconet, and a piece of Dutch delftware tile from the 1640s depicting the leg of a soldier figure. The most spectacular find so far is the lower leaf of an ivory pocket sundial known as a diptych dial.
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istoric Jamestowne is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America. The site is jointly administered by the National Park Service and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation on behalf of Preservation Virginia.
istoric Jamestowne is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America. The site is jointly administered by the National Park Service and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation on behalf of Preservation Virginia.
notable artifact found in the summer of 2008 is a brass medallion bearing the likeness of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. 
