Archaeological Site at Fort James (1)
A large cellar has been discovered at the northeast corner of James Fort's 1608 addition. It seems likely that the building associated with cellar is indeed from the fort period (ca. 1607-1624). During the 2016 field season the archaeologists will be continuing to explore the fill layers in the cellar. So far the artifacts coming from the layers are typical of the fort period: pig bones, trade beads, scraps of copper, iron nails, a lead cloth seal, and a Krauwinckel jetton (a casting counter that may have helped calculate accounts with Roman numbers).
Archaeological Site at Fort James (1)
A large cellar has been discovered at the northeast corner of James Fort's 1608 addition. It seems likely that the building associated with cellar is indeed from the fort period (ca. 1607-1624). During the 2016 field season the archaeologists will be continuing to explore the fill layers in the cellar. So far the artifacts coming from the layers are typical of the fort period: pig bones, trade beads, scraps of copper, iron nails, a lead cloth seal, and a Krauwinckel jetton (a casting counter that may have helped calculate accounts with Roman numbers).