New Discoveries at Jamestown / Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America

This publication presents results of archaeological investigations at the early English settlement on an island in Virginia, describing excavated buildings, features, and thousands of artifacts that illuminate 17th-century daily life. It catalogs structural remains—brick and frame houses, workshops, kilns, wells, drains, roads—and household and occupational objects including pottery, glass, metalware, tools, weapons, and personal items. Separate sections analyze craftsmen and trades, domestic industries such as brewing and textile production, foodways, clothing, transport, trade with indigenous peoples, health and recreation, and the methods and preservation efforts that together reconstruct the organization and everyday practices of the settlement.