corated-ware
English Redware with Marbled Slip Decoration
Italian Maiolica
Delftware
Spanish Maiolica
Salt-glazed Stoneware
Metalware Eating and Drinking Vessels
Glass Drinking Vessels
Glass Wine and Gin Bottles
Food Storage Vessels and Facilities
Clothing and Footwear
Artisans and Craftsmen
The Carpenter
The Cooper
The Woodcutter and Sawyer
The Ironworker
The Blacksmith
The Boatbuilder
The Potter
The Glassblower
The Brickmaker and Tilemaker
The Limeburner
Other Craftsmen
Home Industries
Spinning and Weaving
Malting and Brewing
Dairying and Cheesemaking
Baking
Associated Industries
Military Equipment
Polearms
Caltrop
Swords, Rapiers, and Cutlasses
Cannon
Muskets
Pistols
Light Armor and Siege Helmet
Farming
Fishing
Health
Amusements and Pastimes
Smoking
Games
Archery and Hunting
Music and Dancing
Travel
Boats and Ships
Horses, Wagons, and Carriages
Bits and Bridle Ornaments
Spurs and Stirrups
Horseshoes and Currycombs
Branding Irons
Wagons and Carriage Parts
Trade
Indian Trade
Beads
Knives
Shears
Bells
Hatchets
Pots and Pans
Brass Casting Counters or Jettons
Miscellaneous Items
English and Foreign Trade
Lead Bale Clips
Piers and Wharfs
Worshipping

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[Illustration: JAMESTOWN ISLAND, VIRGINIA. ON THIS SMALL ISLAND--HALF
FOREST AND HALF MARSH--WAS PLANTED THE ENGLISH COLONY OF WHICH RALEIGH
AND GILBERT DREAMED.]

PART ONE

Exploration: The Ground Yields Many Things

By JOHN L. COTTER
Supervising Archeologist, Colonial National Historical Park

"As in the arts and sciences the first invention is of more consequence
than all the improvements afterward, so in kingdoms, the first
foundation, or plantation, is of more noble dignity and merit than all
that followeth."

--LORD BACON

In the Summer of 1934 a group of archeologists set to work to explore
the site of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown Island,
Va. For the next 22 years the National Park Service strove--with time
out for wars and intervals between financial allotments--to wrest from
the soil of Jamestown the physical evidence of 17th-century life. The
job is not yet complete. Only 24 out of 60 acres estimated to comprise
"James Citty" have been explored; yet a significant amount of
information has been revealed