Excavating Fort Raleigh : archaeology at England's first colony / Ivor Noël Hume ; edited by Dr. Eric Klingelhofer and Nicholas Luccketti.

Author/creator Noël Hume, Ivor author.
Other author Klingelhöfer, Eric C., editor.
Other author Luccketti, Nicholas M., editor.
Format Book
PublicationCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description187 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 23 cm.
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Variant title Archaeology at England's first colony
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Contents Illustrations -- Author's preface -- Editors' preface -- Foreword, by David E. Halllac, National Park Service -- Foreword, by Phillip W. Evans, First Colony Foundation -- Introduction: In Search of America's First English Settlement -- 1. Amadas to White: a historical summary ; 2. Fort Raleigh: The later history ; 3. Fort Raleigh: The archaeology, 1947-85 ; 4. More archaeology, 1991-93: Phase 1: The preview, Phase 2: The search expanded, Phase 3: The 1992-93 seasons ; 5. Things they brought, left or took away ; 6. The Fort Raleigh earthwork: Evidence and interpretations ; 7. The future of the past -- Appendices -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- About the author -- About the editors.
Abstract "A small earthen fort on Roanoke Island, traditionally known as Old Fort Raleigh, was the site of the first English colony in the Americas. Previous archaeological discoveries at the site left many questions unanswered by the 1990s. Where was the main fort and town founded by Raleigh's lieutenant, Ralph Lane, the first governor? Was the small log structure outside the fort really a defensive outwork? And why did the colonists go to the effort of making bricks from the local clay? These are the questions that scholars hoped to answer in an extensive, professional dig funded by National Geographic from 1991 to 1993. This skilled team of excavators-with a little luck-revealed America's first scientific laboratory, where the Elizabethan scientist Thomas Harriot analyzed North American natural resources and Joachim Gans assayed ores for valuable metals"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-187).
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LCCN 2023948667
ISBN1467156442 (paperback)
ISBN9781467156448 (paperback)

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