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| Preserving Native Culture Traditions |
| Saturday, November 8, 2008 |
| 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
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From 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the Intertribal Women's Circle and American Heritage Voices will demonstrate American Indian cultural traditions and their efforts to preserve these traditions. Members of the Intertribal Women's Circle will demonstrate pottery making, basket weaving, and other cultural expressions. American Heritage Voices will present material developed to educate Virginia Indian youth on Powhatan Heritage. The goals of both organizations are to ensure the continuance of American Indian culture. Special items created by these groups will be on sale.
This event is jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and APVA Preservation Virginia. |
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| Cost: Entrance Fee |
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| 2008 Jamestown Conference |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
| 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
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The staff of the APVA Preservation Virginia's Jamestown Rediscovery Project, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Archaeology Department are pleased to announce that the 2008 Jamestown Conference will be held on Thursday, November 20, in Williamsburg, VA. The conference will be held at Colonial Williamsburg's Lane Auditorium in the Bruton Heights complex from 9:00 am to approximately 4:00 pm.
As is traditional, the conference will be an informal sharing of recent archaeological work.
Presentations will consist of 20 minute papers from any discipline with a bearing on the archaeology of the Chesapeake Region (c. 16th-19th centuries.)
Conference information including the schedule, once compiled, will be posted at
http://www.apva.org/jr.html
For additional information, contact the 2008 Jamestown Conference Organizers:
Jamie May: jamie@apva.org
David Givens: dgivens@apva.org
Meredith Poole: mpoole@cwf.org
Andy Edwards: aedwards@cwf.org
Ed Chappell: echappell@cwf.org |
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| Location: | Lane Auditorium
Bruton Heights complex
Colonial Williamsburg |
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| The Shipwreck That Saved Virginia |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 |
| 11:00 a.m. |
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Authors, Lorri Glover and Daniel Blake Smith present background on their recently released book, The Shipwreck That Saved Virginia - The Sea Venture Castaways and the Fate of America, a freshly researched account of the dramatic rescue of the Jamestown settlers.
A book signing by the authors will immediately follow the presentation in the Museum Store.
This program is jointly sponsored by APVA Preservation Virginia and the National Park Service. |
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| Cost: Entrance Fee |
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| Location: | Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center |
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| Special Exhibit of Recent Artifact Finds |
| Friday, October 10, 2008 - Saturday, January 31, 2009 |
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Four remarkably significant decorative object artifacts found by archaeologists this summer will be displayed in a special exhibit at the Voorhees Archaearium Museum: a copper pendant that may depict a Powhatan Indian, an initialed solid gold ring likely once worn by one of Virginia's first assemblymen, a brass ornamental counterweight for a coin scale, and a medallion commemorating the English knighting of a Dutch prince. "These finds are clearly symbolic of significant chapters in the Jamestown story: the first representative democratic assembly, the free economy, the military nature of the settlement, and English-native relationships."
Active excavation will continue throughout this year's dig season weekdays, weather permitting. Visitors are invited to come and view the excavation and share in the moment of discovery. |
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| Cost: Entrance Fee |
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| Location: | Historic Jamestowne Nathalie P. and Alan M. Voorhees Archaearium Museum |
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