Archaeologists Unearthed Something in Virginia That Doesn't Match What We Know About Jamestown

#jamestown #archaeology #history It runs through the foundations of America's first permanent English settlement, along the banks of Virginia's James River. For centuries, Jamestown was taught as a story of survival—Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, tobacco, and the beginning of English America. But buried in a trash pit beneath the colony was something that didn't fit that story at all. Sources: https://historicjamestowne.org/archaeology/jane https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/projects/jamestown-forensics https://www.history.com/news/jamestown-colony-cannibalism-starving-time