“One man gathers what another man spills”: Dig Deeper Episode 41 - Digging a 17th-Century Midden

Jamestown Rediscovery Site Supervisor Anna Shackelford and Staff Archaeologist Ryan Krank describe the ongoing work at the southeast corner of the 1607 James Fort dig site. This work, which is seeking to find evidence of the first and most important line of defense for the earliest settlers, required excavation of several historical layers. One interesting layer was a midden containing numerous mid 17th century artifacts. The video reviews the previous archaeology in this area and discusses the many interesting features and ceramic, faunal, and iron artifacts found in this dig site.
#Jamestown
#JamesFort
#JamestownRediscovery
#archaeology
#HistoricJamestown
#artifacts
#JamestownIsland
#Jamestownsettlement
#JamestownColony
#armor
#ceramics
#midden
#17th century
#1600

[@kenj.8897]

Always look forward to the updates , while we still have a America .

[@scottcates]

Outstanding work and presentation.

[@Alyacantika]

I visited the excavation two months ago, and it was so insightful! Anna was very knowledgeable!

[@dalewilson59]

Thanks, its amazing that your finding this amount of history even more amazing that somebody had the foresight to protect it 100 years ago

[@maryg.249]

It’s all so fascinating to me. Every tidbit tells a story. Keep digging up the past. I love it. Great presenters too. Mary

[@benitagrattan193]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jerrycruitt5375]

Thanks for your good work, and interesting presentation.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

I was watching a video when this popped up. I dropped the other video to watch this one.
I love these segments.
All y'all are doing a GREAT job.
Thank you for keeping history alive.

[@tinmanx2222]

Excellent presentation

[@johnlewis1640]

You're doing vital and interesting work, thanks for the updates.

[@stevem3413]

I really enjoy these videos the presentation is very good and interesting thanks

[@ChrisRubeo]

Great work!

[@joyceclark8476]

That was very cool. I love your videos. Of course I’m a subscriber. Thank you, Joyce 🇺🇸❤️