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Chapter 5: The 13 English Colonies
"Diggin' in the Dirt" |
Introduction
In this chapter you learned that
the settlers at Jamestown faced tremendous hardship. Unaccustomed
to living in the wilderness, the settlers knew little about
farming and had no resistance to deadly epidemics such as malaria
and typhoid fever. Yet the ones who survived left their mark
for archaeologists today. Join the archaeologists from Association
for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), and discover
what they found in their ongoing excavation at Jamestown.
Destination Title: The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities Web site
Note: Clicking on the link above will launch a new browser window. Need help using your browser for this activity? Click
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Directions
Start at the APVA Web site.
- Click What have we found?.
- Click South Excavation Area.
- Click Grave 1.
- Read the description of the skeleton, and click on created a facial approximation to follow the seven-step process used to reconstruct the skeleton's face.
- Answer the following questions.
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