Dig Deeper Episode 62 - A Dirt Surgeon's Perspective on the 1607 Burial Ground
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- David M. Givens, Director of Archaeology, Jamestown Rediscovery describes the processes of and results from excavating three of the oldest English settlers in North America.
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This has to be one of my favorite Dig Deeper episodes so far. Finding artifacts is so very interesting but when you find the people who used the artifacts, who walked the places you are excavating, well, for me, that it is the key to understanding and knowledge. I sure hope you can get some dna samples. Imagine, being 11-14 years old, sailing across the vast ocean to a place so different and so far from your normal. Fascinating. Brave and courageous people. Thank you for making these videos for us arm chair archeologists! Mary
Well done 👍👍 as a Desendent of Richard Biggs who came to Jamestowne in 1611 y’all do such a great great job 👌👌🇬🇧🇺🇸
Enjoyed this very much, I am a descendant of Gregory Spicer who arrived at Jamestown on the Tryall in 1618 as an indentured servant
This is one the best and most informative episodes you have done, I very much enjoyed it.
Hands down one of the coolest channels on CZcams!!!!
Love these. Thank you
Fascinating! Genealogy vaguely traces potential ancestors to this area and near this time period. But if actually related, they were certainly ordinary people who have been lost to the records. It would be wonderful to find genetic matches. In any event, so many of us stand on the shoulders of these early settlers, and it is important to know our connections and actual history.
Brilliant...Thank you
Very interesting. I had relatives that settled in Virginia in the early 1600's. Will you attempt to match their DNA wit living people if possible? When you are done studying their remains will they be reintered in their grave?
Great questions...hope they answer them ♥️
@@benitagrattan193 same here.
I was drawn to this series from watching an old episode of Time Team when they visited the Jamestown. The special featured a dig at the well site and De La Ware's Halbard was brought up. I've watched many of the pieces about Jamestown since then. I believe Queen Elizabeth II visited the archaeological site at some point. Keep up the good work!
Very informative. Thanks for all your hard work. I appreciate each of you. Ken from Indiana 🇺🇸
I always wanted to be a dirt surgeon 👨⚕️
awesome video! Very, VERY interesting! Thanks!
Another great video - thanks for posting these!
How far has the coastline receded since the time they were buried? I'm surprised they buried them so close to the edge of the water.
Another great informative video. ❤️❤️❤️
It would be interesting to explore how these individuals died, of natural causes or not for each and whether there's enough remains to make these determinations.
As always sir, both informative and entertaining. Will the bodies be debuted after being recorded for I formztion? Also has Jamestown ever had problems with looters?
Buried again not debuted! Damn autocorrect!!!
I found a Native American site on the Delaware River I have a lot of artifacts ❤❤
Wow, the precision in your work, it's just fascinating. It must be nice to have soil like that. Here in the Mojave it's loaded in 'potato rocks' and caliche. I wonder what that kind of work you do would look like here in these rocky soils.
I'm surprised the graves are so shallow, I would've expected something closer to six feet.
Again, very fascinating, very impressive.
Will they be returned to their burial location?
How much dirt covered the original land in 400 years? How deep did they have to dig to reach the original level of 400 years ago?
I do enjoy your videos! However, there was one thing I would like to dispute. Please don't take this as being critical. I am not. Just placing something out there.... You stated Jamestown, was at/around the beginning of the nation. It was not. Our nation was not a nation until 1776. Until then, it was a British colony. There was no America until 1776. I understand they lived here, and most say it was the birth of the nation but... It was not. About 170 years too early.
Could this kind of DNA testing be done of the remains of unknown Civil War soldiers killed in service to they're country. ?
Could there even be a more pointless activity?
Pointless ? You see no purpose in recovering the truths of the past ? Especially ones that prove otherwise vs lies they want us to believe about many ancient sites with highly advanced civilizations and also knowing history, and being that history repeats itself, knowing and understanding the past in present times helps prevent it in the future.
Absolutely and that was the time required to read your comment.