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What was life really like for the music group of adventurers who first placed foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the achievements of these men and women were, the written details regarding them are scarce, ambiguous, and frequently conflicting, and those interested in the birthplace of america are left to carefully turn to dramatic and frequently highly fictionalized information. In Jamestown, the Buried Fact, William Kelso will take us literally to the garden soil where in fact the Jamestown colony started, unearthing the Adam Fort and its contents to reveal fascinating proof the lives and fatalities of the first settlers, with their endeavors and struggles, and of their romantic relationships with the Virginia Indians. He offers up a exciting but fact-based accounts, framed around a narrative of the archaeological team's enjoyable discoveries.Once thought to have been washed away by the Adam River, Adam Fort still retains much of its framework, including palisade walls, bulwarks, interior structures, a well, a warehouse, and several pits, and more than 500,000 objects have been cataloged. Dr. Kelso and his team of archaeologists have discovered the lost burial of one of Jamestown's early leaders, presumed to be Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, and the remains of other early settlers, including a man who perished of a musket ball wound. Furthermore, they've uncovered and analyzed the remains of the foundations of Jamestown's massive capitol building. Refuting the now decades-old stereotype that attributed the high mortality rate of the Jamestown settlers with their laziness and ineptitude, Jamestown, the Buried Fact produces a vivid picture of the settlement that is far more complex, incorporating the newest archaeology to provide Jamestown its rightful place in history and thus contributing to a broader understanding of the transatlantic world. The reserve is published by College or university of Virginia Press.
