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 istoric Jamestowne is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America. The site is jointly administered by APVA Preservation Virginia and the National Park Service. |
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Volunteer Crista Mueller preparing ceramics from the wellWith the archaeologists out of the field, work now shifts inside to report writing, working on the digital archive, and research, among many other things. In the lab, discoveries continue to be made. While washing artifacts from the well, volunteers have discovered tools fashioned out of bones. Two small bone needles have been found in the past few weeks. One of the needles has an engraved design on both sides. These were likely made by Virginia Indians for use in net or basket making. more... |
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Historic Triangle Shuttle Service Returns in 2010The Historic Triangle Shuttle, the public transportation service connecting America's Historic Triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown, will operate daily between March 22 and October 31 in 2010. Provided as a free service by the National Park Service, the two routes of the Historic Triangle Shuttle depart every 30 minutes from the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center, one traveling along the Colonial Parkway to Jamestown, the other following the Parkway to Yorktown. more...
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his copper pendant was found sealed beneath the oldest of several working surfaces in the buried cellar of James Fort's 1607 experimental ironworking building. Bly Straube, Senior Curator at Historic Jamestowne suggests the object may depict a Virginia Indian in such detail that it could have been used in the fort as an identification badge. 
