Several years ago we came to Williamsburg and I recall coming to Jamestown as well, but I sure don’t remember what we saw at the Jamestown Settlement yesterday. If you have been there prior to 2006 its time to take a return trip because a lot has been going on there. There have numerous archaeological findings on the property and active digs happening now.
As the guide said, “archaeology is the embodiment of the saying that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. In fact, they have built a museum on the Settlement property to hold the findings and at least two of the findings have been classified as the most important findings in the world during two consecutive years. They now have the exact outline of the original triangular fort and portions of the additions changing the shape to a five sided structure.
Model of what original fort looked liked
They have the exact location of the church building where John Smith and Pocahontas were married forming an alliance with the local Virginia Indians. They have uncovered 75 grave sites and remains including the gruesome discoveries of what happened during the starving period when they were forced to eat anything they could find including rodents, dogs, cats, and horses. They also found forensic evidence of survival cannibalism and they were able to provide a reconstruction of a skull of a young teenage girl giving her the name Jane. This is like an episode of “Bones” or CSI but for real.
There is also a glassblower demonstration on the site and you can actually buy pieces made during the demonstration. 
I had no idea, but we learned that glassblowing is dated back to the early Egyptians over 4500 years ago. Unfortunately for Jamestown, it did not turn out to be a good source of income to the early settlement and this entire region soon chose tobacco as the product of choice to export.
They have also added a nice little Cafe’with a porch facing the James River. Of course, that was our lunch choice and we highly recommend it for your visit as well.
Tomorrow Carol will be leaving us heading to pick up her friend in Annapolis and we will be heading south to North Carolina for a few days. We will miss our traveling buddy.
Pictures of Williamsburg Plantation where we stayed
Entrance and Registration office
Our villa for the week
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