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Venturing to Virginia: the Material Culture of Early James Fort and the Bermuda Connection
Presentation by:
Bly Straube
Senior Curator
Preservation Virginia
October 6, 2009, 7 p.m.
Kimball Theatre, Merchants Square, Williamsburg
Archaeological investigations of two early 17th-century New World time capsules – the Bermudan Sea Venture shipwreck of 1609 and the ca. 1607-1624 James Fort in Virginia – have resulted in thousands of artifacts. These materials reflect the supplies of food, weaponry, tools, and trade items that the Virginia Company considered necessary to equip England’s first colony. This presentation will discuss the material culture from each context and what it reveals about provisioning a New World colony. The James Fort evidence for the Bermuda connection will also be addressed.
$12
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