Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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David M. Givens, Director of Archaeology, Jamestown Rediscovery provides an update of the recent excavations in the 1607 Burial Ground at Historic Jamestowne. This includes how: 1) Ground Penetrating Radar can assist in detecting burial remains, 2) the value of aDNA research in learning about these earliest Englishmen in America, and 3) the preliminary forensic findings.

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