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New archeological and forensic evidence reveals that the first settlers in Virginias Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism during the Starving Time winter of 1609, scientists announced Wednesday. The butchered remains of a 14-year-old English girl were discovered on the site of Fort James amidst animal bones in the summer of 2012 by a team from the Jamestown Rediscovery Project and Preservation Virginia. Aliens And Ufos, Ancient Aliens, Jamestown Colony, 14 Year Old Girl, The Settlers, Desert Art, Mystery Of History, Animal Bones, Forensics

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New archeological and forensic evidence reveals that the first settlers in Virginias Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism during the Starving Time winter of 1609, scientists announced Wednesday. The butchered remains of a 14-year-old English girl were discovered on the site of Fort James amidst animal bones in the summer of 2012 by a team from the Jamestown Rediscovery Project and Preservation Virginia.

Several sharp cuts to the bottom of a mandible excavated in James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia at the Jamestown Rediscovery Project are pictured in this December 2012 handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institute on May 1, 2013. Settlers at Virginias Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old English girl, the U.S. Smithsonian Institution reported on May 1, 2013. REUTERS-Donald Hurlbert-Smithsonian Institute-Hando... English Girls, Old English, Photos For Class, Human Teeth, Science News, 17th Century

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Several sharp cuts to the bottom of a mandible excavated in James Fort, Jamestown, Virginia at the Jamestown Rediscovery Project are pictured in this December 2012 handout photo provided by the Smithsonian Institute on May 1, 2013. Settlers at Virginias Jamestown Colony resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609, dismembering and consuming a 14-year-old English girl, the U.S. Smithsonian Institution reported on May 1, 2013. REUTERS-Donald Hurlbert-Smithsonian Institute-Hando...

Old Jamestown Church - so maybe this is a church where my earliest English ancestors in America may have attended church services. (Click pin to read a little write-up about this church.) Colonial, English, America, English Language, Usa

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Old Jamestown Church - so maybe this is a church where my earliest English ancestors in America may have attended church services. (Click pin to read a little write-up about this church.)

ARTICLE: Scientists identify the remains of four English men who were among the early leaders of Virginia's Jamestown settlement - the first successful British colony. Gabriel, Virginia Studies, Is It Okay, Colonial America, British Colonial, Interesting History, Interesting News

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ARTICLE: Scientists identify the remains of four English men who were among the early leaders of Virginia's Jamestown settlement - the first successful British colony.

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Second Jamestown Church Tower, built 1639, Jamestown, Virginia. Of the First Jamestown Church, only the foundation, laid 1619, survives nearby. Southern Architecture, Colonial Architecture, Places To See, Places Ive Been, Virginia Vacation, Virginia Is For Lovers, Picture Places, Church Building

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Second Jamestown Church Tower, built 1639, Jamestown, Virginia. Of the First Jamestown Church, only the foundation, laid 1619, survives nearby.

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Gable coffin from Jamestown.

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Images provided May 1, 2013 by the Smithsonian Institute show an incomplete skull excavated at James Fort in Jamestown, Virginia, and a forensic facial reconstruction produced by StudioEIS based on human remains excavated in Jamestown. Early settlers resorted to cannibalism at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, researchers said May 1, 2013 Forensic Facial Reconstruction, Forensic Anthropology, Archaeology

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Images provided May 1, 2013 by the Smithsonian Institute show an incomplete skull excavated at James Fort in Jamestown, Virginia, and a forensic facial reconstruction produced by StudioEIS based on human remains excavated in Jamestown. Early settlers resorted to cannibalism at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, researchers said May 1, 2013

This is an amazing book about a woman who survived the "Starving Time" in Jamestown. Excellent historical fiction based on an ancestor of the author. Teaching Time, Date, Jamestown 1607, Good Books, Books To Read

This is an amazing book about a woman who survived the "Starving Time" in Jamestown. Excellent historical fiction based on an ancestor of the author.

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New World Dice ~ 1607-10 ~ Jamestown, Virginia ~ bone, ivory and lead dice ~ Soldiers in the remote outpost gambled with bone, ivory, and lead dice to pass the time—an activity banned by 1611 in an effort to restore discipline. Design Creation, Decir No, Board Games, Creations

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New World Dice ~ 1607-10 ~ Jamestown, Virginia ~ bone, ivory and lead dice ~ Soldiers in the remote outpost gambled with bone, ivory, and lead dice to pass the time—an activity banned by 1611 in an effort to restore discipline.

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The plantation got the name because it was the location of Captain John Smith's "New Fort," built in 1609, located directly across the James River from the Jamestown colony. History Education, American Greed, History Activities, American Literature

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The plantation got the name because it was the location of Captain John Smith's "New Fort," built in 1609, located directly across the James River from the Jamestown colony.

Headright System 1683 It stated that any person willing to pay their way to America would be granted 100 acres of land. This system was used in Jamestown in 1683 as an attempt to increase labor forces, so that the tobacco economy could prosper. Tobacco cultivation required many workers and land, while the colonists had lots of land, there was not much labor at the colonist’s disposal. Karl Marx, Medieval

Headright System 1683 It stated that any person willing to pay their way to America would be granted 100 acres of land. This system was used in Jamestown in 1683 as an attempt to increase labor forces, so that the tobacco economy could prosper. Tobacco cultivation required many workers and land, while the colonists had lots of land, there was not much labor at the colonist’s disposal.

LIFE AT JAMESTOWN: Learn about early settlement life, the colonists' struggles, how the colony survived and the first representative assembly in English North America. Native American Songs, American Indian Art, Native American Tribes, Teaching Us History, History Lesson Plans

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LIFE AT JAMESTOWN: Learn about early settlement life, the colonists' struggles, how the colony survived and the first representative assembly in English North America.

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Three ships lie at anchor on the river as early settlers carry lumber and raise the walls of the stockade fort at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, circa 1610. John Smith, Monuments, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Independance Day, Sea Level Rise

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Three ships lie at anchor on the river as early settlers carry lumber and raise the walls of the stockade fort at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, circa 1610.

The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten) is the name of a Virginia Indian confederation of tribes. It may also refer to the leader of those tribes, commonly referred to as Chief Powhatan. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607. They were also known as Virginia Algonquians, as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan or Virginia Algonquin. Native American History, Native American Indians, Cherokee Indians, African History, First Thanksgiving Facts, Navajo, Art Afro, Wind Pictures, Black Indians

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The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten) is the name of a Virginia Indian confederation of tribes. It may also refer to the leader of those tribes, commonly referred to as Chief Powhatan. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607. They were also known as Virginia Algonquians, as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan or Virginia Algonquin.

Do you know what version of the Bible had the greatest impact on the founding of America? It was the Geneva Bible. This was the translation that accompanied the brave founders of the New World. The Jamestown settlers who landed at Cape Henry in 1607 brought with them the Geneva Bible, and it became the foundation for the first American colony. Bible Museum, Geneva Bible, Oldest Bible, Faith Church, Church History, Church Ideas, Reformation, Ancestry

Do you know what version of the Bible had the greatest impact on the founding of America? It was the Geneva Bible. This was the translation that accompanied the brave founders of the New World. The Jamestown settlers who landed at Cape Henry in 1607 brought with them the Geneva Bible, and it became the foundation for the first American colony.