JAMESTOWN, Va. — The skeleton was beautifully laid out in a formal English-style burial, hands at the sides, palms down, the body probably pinned up in a shroud. The arms, legs, and ribs were largely ...
Anne Burras was only 14 when she arrived in Jamestown, Va., in 1608. She was maidservant to another woman who died shortly after their arrival. For a time, Anne was the only English woman in a colony ...
WASHINGTON – Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditions by ...
Archaeologists have uncovered human remains of four of the earliest leaders of the English colony that would become America, buried for more than 400 years near the altar of what was America's first ...