This computer-enhanced photo highlights simple drawings of birds and people that were etched on a slate tablet recently excavated by archaeologists in Jamestown, Virginia, America's first permanent English settlement.
The rare inscribed slate, believed to be 400 years old, was found in a well that archaeologists think may have been dug by Capt. John Smith, Jamestown's best known leader.
James ping.
Any Acorn lists of voters found?
Pioneers and turkeys?
Not exactly John White material:
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/images/white_debry_html/jamestown.html
Just found out in doing my geneology that I have a relative that was in Jamestown in the early settlement.
Wow! What a find!
Kinda surprised they found it in a well, though. The best arky finds by far come from one place - the crapper!
“deposited the tablet into what’s believed to be the “well of sweet water” ... records indicate that the water had gone bad by 1610 and might have contributed to numerous settlers’ deaths during what was known as the “starving time” of 1609-10.
The moral of this story is do not throw tablets into drinking wells.
This is neat. Great... grandpappy was at Jamestown so probably drank from the well. Obviously, he survived.
Great....400 year old graffiti.
My problem observing this is that all the items are in the same direction...Sometimes you see what you want to see...
Or not. Could have been a kid doodling.
Why not a tablet related to sun god worship or blood sacrifice? Isn't that what the "experts" usually say when they find objects in other countries?
Very Cool Find.
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Don’t show it to Obama. He’ll say it looks like him.
No no no - I said if you want to *get well* take *two* tablets and call me in the morning...
According to family tradition, and the LDS records, we’re descended from the union of John Smith and Pocahontas, which produced a son, Peregrin. Can’t prove it by the official records, since Smith would have been in BIG trouble if the truth were known back in England. But the story makes a lot of sense, especially in light of their well-known relationship at Jamestown, and their later well-documented encounter when Pocahontas visited England just before her death.
The middle name “Powhatan” has been used down through the generations many times.
I’ve also got several other forebears who are quite provable as early Jamestown settlers. The family eventually left the Virginia Tidewater and moved into Kentucky with Boone, and then moved on into Missouri when Jefferson opened up the Louisiana Purchase. From there they spread out into Iowa, Nebraska, and one, Joel Estes, went west and discovered the area that became known as Estes Park, CO.
Jamestown is a fascinating historical site. Where I lived in Williamsburg was just a 15-minute bike ride there. For those who have an interest in America’s early history, Virginia is a great place to live.