Watch a documentary and a website to fill in some questions. Please keep your answers short and do not cite any outside sources.
https://www.nps.gov/cajo/planyourvisit/werowocomoc…
NOVA: Pocahontas Revealed
Study Questions / Note Prompts
What types of evidence did Bill Kelso and other archaeologists use to identify and interpret
the site of James Fort?
Based on the archaeology of Jamestown, list some of the artifactual discoveries. What can
these artifacts tell us about the lives of Englishmen in early Virginia?
At Werowocomoco, the contemporary property owner recovered many artifacts across the
site from “surface finds.” What sorts of artifacts were found and how did archaeologist
Randy Turner know the time period was correct for the possible identification of
Werowocomoco?
According to the NOVA documentary, what is the top layer of soil that must be removed
prior to Werowocomoco’s excavation? Why must this layer be removed?
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NOVA: Pocahontas Revealed (cont.)
Study Questions / Note Prompts
Dark soil patterns in the soil (features) of the Werowocomoco site revealed evidence for
two major types of constructions, one domestic and another marking / dividing the land.
What features pointed toward these manmade aspects of the village?
Researchers from Jamestown and Werowocomoco chemically analyzed which material to
determine trade between the two sites? What did the analysis reveal?
What did dendrochronological evidence from the Nottoway-Blackwater drainage indicate
that the region was experiencing at the time of the Jamestown settlement? How was this
determined?
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