Remains of Jamestown leaders discovered
Archaeologists excavate four burials at the Virginia colony
By Bruce Bower
In an answer to archaeologists’ prayers, excavations at the site of the first English church in what is now the United States have cast light on the lives and deaths of four key players at Virginia’s Jamestown colony more than 400 years ago.
Archaeologists discovered the site of the church, which was used from 1608 to 1617 and hosted Pocahontas’ marriage to John Rolfe, as well as four burials in the church, in 2010. Excavations and investigations of the dead began in November 2013.