Senior curator discussing artifacts from Jamestown's first well
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Beverly "Bly" Straube, the senior curator with the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project, reviews some of finds from James Fort's first well. These artifacts and many thousands more were recovered from a well that was likely constructed in the Fall of 1608 or the Spring of 1609. Once the well had gone bad the English colonists used the pit to discard their trash.
This is amazing. So interesting. These people not only work hard to show the history of our great country. They treat the site with care and respect to preserve items. Nowadays all our youth want to do is destroy everything they touch. Our tyrant politicians try and erase our history. Thx for great vid. Should have millions of views
I wish the camera would zoom in and focus on the artifacts. I just can't get enough of the artifacts. Fascinating stuff.
I'm decended from Captain John Smith and a minister and his wife who made the crossing pregnant and gave birth to the first English child born in America, in 1607.
That stuff belonged to my ancestors.
The first child born in America of English descent is Virginia Dare. She was born in Roanoke in the late 1500’s.
Virginia Landon was the first child born in Jamestown of English descent. She was born in 1609.
I am descended from the West family, equally fascinated with the findings of Jamestown.
53% of white Americans today are descendants of British Colonial America and about 10 million white Americans can trace their ancestry from the Mayflower so its not that special.
Surprised anyone from the USA admits to be descended from the English, first time I have heard this on youtube.
I agree, poor job of showing some of these artifacts
The large vessel from Somerset england could have belong to Lt John Gibbs He came from that area in 1619 on the ship named supply. I am a direct descendant of Lt. John Gibbs. I had the opportunity to visit Jamestown this year and am excited to see all the great work being done.
I am related to Danial Stallings who went to Jamestown in 1608 on second supply ship, he was a Jewlar
this is cool. I'm a direct descendant of Dr. John Woodson from 1619 on Ship George. H was a Doctor.
I am also a direct descendant of Lt. John Gibbs. I would love to collaborate with you on this branch of the family tree.
I have viewer many anthropological shows about discoveries all over the the world, and Native digs in the America's, but nothing like this. Really interesting and well presented. Thank you. You are doing an real service well.
My wife and I had the opportunity to tour the dig site with Danny Schmidt as our guide and the senior curator's tour offered by Bly Straube on September 12, 2012. These two professionals are obviously passionate about their jobs and offered great insight into this wonderful, ongoing historical find. Congratulations to the team and much success in the future. Bill Hollaway, N Little Rock, AR
I would love to see all this. Captain Thomas Graves that was one of the first settlers is my 12th Great Grandfather
I'm no archaeologist, but the first few objects were related to medicine. You suggest that the first vessel contained invasive beetles. Bearing in mind that live animals would have had to have been kept in suitable conditions and fed and watered for many weeks during the sea passage, it seems more likely they were transported as dead animals for medicinal use. Just as formic acid can be obtained from ants.
This is amazing. Great finds! 👏🏻 I know this video is 12 years old but it's still fascinating to me!
Very interesting. Dr. Kelso shows up on Natural Geographic documentaries about Jamestown also. Always things to learn....Gotta love history!
Great job !!
Thanks Bill, I'm glad you enjoyed the tours. Spread the word about what it going on out here. I think you will like the next video update, which will come out in a week or so and it features Bly talking about yet another unique find from the cellar I showed you during the tour. Thanks again.
Thank you, I enjoyed watching .
This is amazing so much is still there.
She has the best job in the world.
Insert Redletter Media Meme Here Nah, Id rather be the digger
Doesn’t she.
Great vlogs guys gonna watch every one xx I'm from the UK guys and interested at the connection I have to the founding of such a historical place
I wish the camera was aimed at the artifacts. Why was it focused more on the narrator.
Thank you for the information of learning something new about americas beginning early history!!!!!!!
My professor at MTSU had the class watch these videos as we learn about colonial America. Interesting stuff!
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My husband family was from there so cool you have great Job
Wow so fascinating!!
Excellent.
This would be good on TV 👍
What an AWESOME job!!! 👍
How cool would it be to get paid to do this?
I'm clearly in the wrong line of work! 😇 👍
Some of the crockery etc was probably designed and manufactured soley for the expedition.
I wish you showed more up close
The next video please get better close-up so we can ponder too.
I’d like to know any and all information on Captain John Rolfe, my great great aunt( Ellen Louise)was a Rolfe and I need to know this before I pass. Catastrophic stroke victim. 😢
I think the black cup with hole in the side bottom was used for separating liquids like fat from the protein liquid like in making gravy, as the fat stays on the top and the liquid sinks. Obviously you don't cook
Bingo
What kind of glue is used to mend the pottery, dishes, and such?
The first invasion of the Beetles from Europe lol
I am just wondering why so many artefacts were in the well?
The Jamestown colony had a well that was dug in clay like soil, that wouldn't give much water. They may have later used as their garbage dump for broken items and stuff that they no longer had a use for.
I wondered the same thing.
What would make these people throw trash into the drinking water well?
Lord de la warr's halberd was in there. So was a pistol, that stuff wasn't trash, was it? Maybe they were thrown in there rather than loose them to the natives.
Or was it a latrine ?
I'm from Hampshire England
She had charisma
Did they take what they needed and just bury what you have found? There is so much you have found, wow. They probably knew that someday, someone would find out about their life. Has there been any paranormal experiences.
Umm.. cool stuff!
boost your recording sound level by 500 %
Needed better close ups. She kept showing us detail that we couldn't actually see.
The illiteracy demonstrated by many of the commentators is truly shocking.
Well do explain Mr. Genius? You can't make a dumbass comment like that without an explanation.
AmericanPatriot thank you for your wonderfully eloquent response.
Can you guess which country they are all from? Yes, you don't need to guess. Their president sums it up for the world.
That vessel that had the hole at the side was for giving an enema.
I thought the same thing. I've seen similar shaped vessels from the 19th century which were definitely for enemas.
Maybe the artifact with the hole on the side was a gravy separator?
Why was everyone throwing stuff into the well ? Geesh .
My people came over on 1619 and. I know the captain and ship.
The Powells were Welsh thats west
I wish I could Trust you on what I have found
Why are hundreds of thousands of objects in the well? Did people have some reason for throwing all this valuable stuff down there?
(a respondent attempted to answer the same question earlier on this discussion thread)
Once the well was abandoned it simply became a trash pit. The majority of what you will find in there would be food remains such as animal bones that were thrown away.
This video would be great if it had sound !
When filming, concentrate more on the artifacts. I don't want to see the speaker, I want to see close-ups of the artifacts. Again, more close-ups of artifacts, not the speaker.
Might be a mideval bong 5:38
Ummmmm
You should always wear gloves when touching these relics..
Would be nice to artifacts more than you
that essex black wear, thing isn't medicine its a Post med version of those medieval and Tudor beer mugs with holes in. They were comedic so people would pour beer all over themselves. fairly basic humour.
So they were witches.
Is this about HER or the artifacts?
Sadly, these so called professional museums don't understand the need to hire a professional that would focus on the items instead of the speaker.
um....this is...um....interesting....um....and ....um....informative
I am amazed that a public speaker allows herself to say "ummm" every other sentence. Is there no producer to correct?
Would you suppose that science specialists focus their skills on compiling, cataloging, and researching rather than public film presentations?
@@dessiewatkins1006 Are the two mutually exclusive? She has done the hard part of the science. Why not improve the presentation with so small a correction? Spelling counts.
Too many "ahm"s. Increasingly annoying to listen to.