The Church Tower Dig, Part II: Telling Time with Artifacts - Dig Deeper, Episode 36

Jamestown Rediscovery’s Curator Leah Stricker and Senior Staff Archaeologist Sean Romo examine artifacts from an ongoing dig site next to the 17th Century Church Tower at Historic Jamestowne.
Key artifacts such as: 1) wine bottle fragments, 2) window lead, and 3 a glass prunt as well as 4) delftware, North Devon sgraffito slipware, and 6) Morgan Jones ceramic fragments provide clues to the date of layers within the dig site which are critical to understand when a significant fire occurred at Historic Jamestown. Dig Deeper Episode 35 - The Church Tower Dig, Part I: A Mysterious Fire ( • The Church Tower Dig, ... ) provides more information about this significant fire.

[@debbralehrman5957]

I am so glad you have done these videos. Thank you so much for the Dig Deeper Series.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@bencastleberry7591]

Talking about the history of these artifacts with the high quality photographs is captivating.

[@cmgs1970]

I enjoy these KZbin episodes. Richard Pace is my ancestor and my family will be there in June for the Pace Society of America’s reunion. I look foreword to visiting again

[@MrLachupakabra]

Oh Cool! The enthusiasm is a little contagious! It is a shame that there are not more productions like this on KZbin (and easily findable - I only found this because of a colonial - 1877 history course).

[@beartooth8865]

Cool!

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

I was so disappointed when this video ended. I wanted it to keep going. I love these kind of videos where we're finding more about the early settlers and how they lived and got along with the Native Americans.

[@maryg.249]

As always you give us much to contemplate and enjoy. Mary

[@markmcintosh9448]

Thank you for sharing. Love these informative videos.

[@carlygoff7751]

So cool thanks for sharing!!

[@beartooth8865]

Awesome!

[@PrairieDodgers]

It has been wonderful following the discoveries over the years. Question: With such importance attached to the artifacts, why is it all brought into the cleaning area in paper bags?

[@MEDICGDP]

Those "staples" look more like fencing nails. Maybe to the fence that once surrounded the tower?

[@kathleendaugherty4218]

Great job, so interesting. As a non-archeologist my question has always been, how do artifact get so deep in the soil. Do they just work their way down to where they are found? As an historian I have always been a bit embarrassed that I don't know this. Keep up the good work!

[@markmcintosh9448]

I was wondering the same thing 🤔

[@JamestownRediscovery]

At least on Jamestown Island, the majority of artifacts were buried through human interaction rather than natural soil build-up. For example, trash was often thrown into cellars when they were filled up after disuse. This applies to other features on the island as well -- ditches, wells, even post holes and graves. There are also many instances of landscaping on the island, especially around the church. When more soil was brought in and dumped to change the landscape, artifacts that were originally at the surface were buried.

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