island. and oyster shell is another commonly found material at jamestown. they ate these oysters and subsequently used them to produce lime -- lyme for mortar and plaster. let's go on into our processing laboratory, our dry processing laboratory. here, i am sorting artifacts from the john smith well. these few ceramic shards are from one of the upper layers of the well. john smith in 1608 ordered the colonists to date a well -- dig a well and in 1610, it was filled in as the colonists left jamestown. they had hoped to go back to england but they were met by a longboat in the chesapeake bay and ordered to turn around. the longboat belonged to lord delaware and announced his arrival. all the colonists came back and reoccupied james for. these ceramics were made in the period from about 6019 until about 1625. -- 1 -- 1619. they were made by james ward. his kiln site was found here in the 1950's on the national park service property. these are some of his products. i am trying to do minimum object count. i count all the fragments by isolating rooms and bases th

jamestown island is on the james river about 35 miles from the atlantic ocean. bly: my name is bly straube, the senior curator for jamestown. rediscovery project. that is a project of preservation virginia, the first statewide preservation organization in the united states, started in 1889. they started in jamestown in 1893. and so, we have got a long history of stewardship of the island, which the ladies who started the apva, which is now known as preservation virginia, they recognize this as america's birthplace. they wanted to preserve it. so, unfortunately, new england got all the glory through the years because jamestown had pretty much disappeared. all that stood on the island was a brick church tower from the 17th century. but the site itself, the original fort, was thought to be washed away into the james river. there had been searches for it on preservation virginia property, especially around the anniversary dates. 1957 they looked for the fort. the park service did. they had archaeologists out there. they said nope, there is no sign of it on dry land.

. >> this program is one of a multipart look on archaeology on jamestown island, virginia. check the american history website, c-span.org/ >> thought to be lost to history forever under the james river, the original or was unearthed in 1994 by the jamestown rediscovery archaeological project. visited jamestown to learn how the story of the 1607 settlers is being revealed every day through the study of artifacts. i'm the senior trader for the jamestown rediscovery project. that is a project that started in 1984. it is a project of preservation virginia. the first statewide preservation project in the united states. it is confusing that there are so many jamestown's. summoning people visit jamestown -- so many people visit jamestown but it turns out they never went to the real place. that is a jamestown living history museum, jamestown settlement. ships.ve three wonderful they reconstructed a fort and an indian village and they have a huge museum over there. that is a state run organization. they get state funding for that. , the originalelf site of jamestown, is co-managed by

jamestown island is on the james river about 35 miles from the atlantic ocean. bly: my name is bly straube, or foreienior curate jamestown. a project of preservation virginia, the first statewide preservation organization in the united states, started in 1889. they started in jamestown in 1893. and so, we have got a long history of stewardship of the island, which the ladies who started the apva, which is now known as preservation virginia, they recognize this as america's birthplace. they wanted to preserve it. unfortunately, new england got all the glory through the years because jamestown had pretty much disappeared. all that stood on the island was a church tower. but the site itself, the original fort, was thought to be washed away into the james river. there had been searches for it on preservation virginia op

well, as you may know, may 13 is where they land on jamestown island. that is a long time, and that was a problem. they came in here with a food deficit right away because it took too long to get here. they were instructed to go 100 miles from the coast so they would be protected from any raids from the spanish. and that was a real fear, although they had a treaty in 1604 where they were not to be worried about them, but as i was saying, they are the falls of the river at richmond. cannot go 100 miles. so the fallback was to settle on some island that was strong by nature. that is a quote. strong by nature means it is surrounded by water, so it could be protected. they also decided -- and this is important -- they said they chose the island, too, because the channel was so close to the shore they could tie the ships. now, the channel, that ferry boat is in the channel. the conventional wisdom was they tie the ships there. they would have a fort. that is where the fort was built. it washed away. that is the story i got in 1963. anyway, the 104 men had a

alike, -- quite a laot. -- a lot. >> this program is one of a multipart look on archaeology on jamestown island, virginia. check the american history website, c-span.org/ >> thought to be lost to history forever under the james river, the original or was unearthed in 1994 by the jamestown rediscovery archaeological project. visited jamestown to learn how the story of the 1607 settlers is being revealed every day through the study of artifacts. bly:

. >> >> in 2011, american history tv visited jamestown island, virginia, to learn about the jamestown rediscovery archaeology project, which in 1994, discovered and subsequently excavated remains of the original 1608 fort where captain john smith and pocahontas walked the grounds. recently, jamestown rediscovery and the smithsonian institution announced they had identified the remains of four skeletons buried 400 years ago inside the fort's church. they also discovered a tiny silver box containing seven bones that may have been considered holy relics by the community. while the bodies were being excavated in 2013, the smithsonian used laser scanning technology to create this 3d model of the entire burial site. this time lapse video recorded

eastern time american artifacts takes you to jamestown island, virginia, for a tour of the trenches whereigs were conducted and a visit to the lab where artifacts are studied. those are some of the highlights you can find more details on our schedules on our website at c-span.org. >>> next, the congressional freshman profile with republican tom macarthur. the long-time insurance executive talks about efforts to bridge the partisan gap in congress, his family's charitable foundation and impressions of washington. >> congressman tom macarthur of new jersey, can you recall the first time you ever visited washington, d.c.? >> wow, that's a great question, bill. it was when i was a kid. i know i was here. but the first time i really remember being here and taking it all in was not long after i was married. i came with my wife. and it was before children, so i would say 33 years ago maybe. 32 years ago. >> just as a visitor? >> just as a visitor, yeah. >> so what surprised you about washington and congress in particular in the months you've been a member of the 114th? >> wow. it's an incredible

and then american art facts takes you to jamestown island, virginia. those are some of the highlights. >> up next, a portrait unveiling for long time house judiciary committee member john conyers and then joe biden, at the event, honoring the michigan democrat who has been on the committee for 50 years and the longest serving member oaf the u.s. house. >> i'm going to go ahead and get starting and assume that everyone has a program with -- when it gets a little too loud, i'm going to stop because this is a very important occasion. we waited a long time for this. you just look around the room at the portraits and it is going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over all of these individuals, all of these individuals looking over at the congressman. but i'm joe madison with sirius xm radio. i am going to get started right away and our good friend, who is not only the prth of the joit ncacp, the pass forof the -- >>> thank you, joe. i want to say to congressman john conyers, the longest serving congressman currently in the history of the

visit ncicap.org] in 2011, american history tv visited jamestown island, virginia, to learn about thejamestown rediscovery archaeology project, which in 1994, discovered and subsequently excavated remains of the original 1608 fort

eastern time, american artifacts takes you to jamestown island, virginia, for a tour of the trencheshere digs are conducted and a visit to the lab where artifacts are studied. those are some of the highlights. you can find more details on our schedules, on our website at c-span.org. thanks for being with us. >>> here's what's coming up today on c-span3 as we focus on congressional and white house ceremonies. next, a portrait unveiling for long-time house judiciary committee john conyers. after that a congressional gold medal ceremony to honor members of the 1st special service force in world war ii. the 1st special service force was an american-canadian special operations unit formed in 1942. then another congressional gold medal ceremony honoring the doolittle tokyo raiders for their service during world war ii. and after that, president obama awards the medal of honor posthumously to two army soldiers for their courage until action in world war i. >>> this weekend on the c-span

eastern time, "american artifacts" takes you to jamestown island, virginia, for a tour of the trenchhere is digs are conducted and a visit to the lab where artifacts are studied. those are some of the highlights. you can find more details on our schedules on our website at c-span.org. thanks for being with us. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> democratic candidates are in minneapolis on the summer meeting. we will have live coverage of that. and martin o'malley and bernie sanders will make remarks this afternoon. live coverage gets underway at 1:00 eastern today, about an hour from now right here on c-span. later this afternoon, we will continue c-span cities tour with a visit to galveston, texas, starting at 6:00 eastern. we'll tour an 1877 merchant sailing ship and we will hear about the juneteenth juneteenth celebration in the end of slavery. we will also hear back from hurricane ike and the destruction in 2000 eight. this afternoon it is at 6:00 eastern time. president obama w

american artifacts takes you to -- at six :00nd p.m., eastern time, american artifacts takes you to jamestown islandrginia. those are highlights. you can find more details on our schedules at www.c-span.org. >> the democratic national committee is holding its annual summer meeting in minneapolis today, and we are going to bear a number of the democratic presidential candidates. hillary clinton and lincoln chafee will be speaking this morning and just a couple moments and later this afternoon, bernie sanders and martin o'malley. we will have live coverage throughout the day. also, the committee will be conducting regular business, , rules, andotions other items the ready regular part of the meeting. this is live coverage on c-span. should start in just a moment. >> again, we are live in minneapolis as the democratic national committee gathers for its annual summer meeting. a number of from democratic presidential candidates. hillary clinton will be first. also lincoln chafee speaking this morning. and martiners o'malley speaking later this afternoon. we will have live coverage of the candidates. we w

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