In 1994 a team of historians and archeologists found the remains of James Fort. Below is a list of things found at the Jamestown excavation site.

In 1994 a team of historians and archeologists found the remains of James Fort.  Below is a list of things found at the Jamestown excavation site.  What specific assumptions can be made about the colonists’ lives from the items found?  Be creative with your analysis.

Glass beads

Brass buttons

Bits of pottery

Scraps of copper

1602 coin

Haphazardly dug graves in a James Fort cemetery

Fish hooks

Tons of oyster shells

Musket ball molds

Fragments of earthenware

Thick-sided pottery crucibles

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