Programs

  • Archaeological Research and Public Engagement

    PRINCIPAL PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2020 INCLUDE THE CONTINUING EXCAVATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MEMORIAL CHURCH AND THE EASTERN BULWARK OF THE 1607 FORT, AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE LANDWARD AREA ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC SEAWALL, PLANNING RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE SEAWALL THAT INVOLVED GEOPHYSICAL ASSESSMENTS, INITIAL DESIGNS FOR TWO NEW EXHIBITS TO OPEN IN THE VOORHEES ARCHAEARIUM MUSEUM FEATURING (1) BIOARCHAEOLOGY AND (2) ARTIFACTS RELATED TO GENTLEMEN SOLDIERS OF EARLY JAMESTOWN, CONTINUING REORGANIZATION OF JAMESTOWN'S COLLECTIONS AND UPDATING OF THE DIGITAL CATALOG. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, RESEARCH RELATED TO THE "ANGELA SITE" WHERE ONE OF THE FIRST ENSLAVED AFRICANS, A WOMAN CALLED ANGELA, LIVED FROM 1619, CONTINUED.ONSITE LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC TOURS FOCUSED ON THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE FIRST AFRICANS IN ENGLISH AMERICA AS WELL AS RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UK, FORENSIC AND GENOMIC RESEARCH WAS PURSUED ON A HIGH STATUS INDIVIDUAL DISCOVERED IN THE CHANCEL OF THE 1617/18 CHURCH. ONSITE ARCHAEOLOGY, EXHIBITS, PUBLIC TOURS, PRESENTATIONS, AND LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY ONLINE MATERIALS INCLUDING FRESH WEB PAGES, VIDEOS, AND A 3D MODEL OF THE 1617/18 CHURCH.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $562.6K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    PRINCIPAL PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 2023-24 INCLUDE (1) EXCAVATIONS IN THE AREA BEYOND THE NORTHERN BULWARK AND TO THE WEST OF THE 1607 FORT ; AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE SITE RELATED TO MITIGATING THE THREAT POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE; AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR BIOARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH IN COLLABORATION WITH FORENSIC AND GENOMIC EXPERTS FROM THE UNIVERSITIES OF CONNECTICUT, BATH, UK, AND DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (2) THE ONGOING REORGANIZATION OF JAMESTOWN'S COLLECTIONS; CONSERVATION OF ARTIFACTS RETRIEVED FROM A C.1617-25 WELL; ANALYSIS OF FAUNAL MATERIAL; AND UPDATING OF OUR DIGITAL COLLECTIONS CATALOG. (3) ONSITE LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC HISTORY TOURS FOCUSED ON THE ENGLISH AND THE POWHATANS, THE FIRST AFRICANS IN VIRGINIA, THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE EXPERIENCES OF EARLY SETTLERS; HISTORIC TRADES FEATURED METAL-WORKING IN A NEWLY RECONSTRUCTED ONSITE WORKSHOP AS WELL AS WOOD WORKING AND EARLY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. (4) THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE MATERIALS, INCLUDING NEW WEB PAGES AND VIDEOS, SUPPORTING ARCHAEOLOGY, COLLECTIONS, CONSERVATION, EXHIBITS, PUBLIC TOURS, PRESENTATIONS, AND LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.5M