400 Year Old Nut Shells and Seeds Recovered from a Well at Historic Jamestowne

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Did you know that you can find plants on archaeological sites? In this video you will learn about how we recover and study these small artifacts. The botanicals highlighted here are from James Fort's second well. This well became a trash pit after the water was no longer fresh between c.1611-1617. Because of its waterlogged or anaerobic environment, many organic artifacts were preserved, including nut shells and seeds! Funded by a Skiffes Creek Curation and Conservation Grant, this analysis will be ongoing for the next few years. We are hoping to learn more about the ways in which the colonists on Jamestown Island used plants both native and imported, for food, shelter, and other uses. For more information on these finds, please visit our webpage, historicjamestowne.org/collec...

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@denisecaringer4726 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. I wish these programs were longer, but I am grateful for this and value your time and expertise. Thanks so much.

@TheOlmecindian 3 жыл бұрын

I like watching these videos of Jamestown

@mrluke8264 3 жыл бұрын

Helps to paint a more complete picture of life , great video

@maryg.249 3 жыл бұрын

Always so very fascinating. You make every episode understandable to us lay people. Great work and even greater discoveries. Mary

@tinmanx2222 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and presenter.

@gwaine 3 жыл бұрын

Another good video...thanks for continuing to make these.

@abushman5938 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative topic. A nice change from the usual archaeological finds. Please show more videos with Leah as the presenter. She is very interesting.

@ptudor63 Жыл бұрын

Went to Jamestown a couple years ago. Fascinating place to go.

@whiterabbit-wo7hw 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!! These are so marvelous and informative. Thank you.

@FacelessTourer Жыл бұрын

I recently visited the house of Sir Richard Gousehill in a small village in England, U.K. He was one of the ancestors of the first Jamestown colony settlers in the times of Cromwell.

@gl15col 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe there aren't as many corn cobs as you'd expect because they burned them for fuel. My mom grew up on a farm in Michigan during the Great Depression and they used corn cobs as fuel.

@steves7896 3 жыл бұрын

What is the likelihood that any of the seeds could still germinate?

@kiwifruit27 3 жыл бұрын

Have you tried growing any of these seeds to show visitors

@snoozeyoulose9416 3 жыл бұрын

Thinking about early colonists adapting to native Virginian diet, I wonder if after 400 years, evolution could play a part with local diets, climate and terrain to where descendants of such early arriving people to Virginia today would have genetically adapted to the point of becoming a type of native hybrid separate from european genetics alone. How long would it evolutionarily take before Americans of such early colonial descendants adapt to a point of essentially aligning with new genes mirroring that of native Americans. Darkening pigments and other qualities more aligned with the land in a humid more southerly climate savoring foods native to Virginia and the greater South.