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Leeds, UK, 08/01/2007
Archaeology journal celebrates 400th anniversary of the founding of
America’s Jamestown settlement
May 2007 marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of the first European
settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia. The Society for Post-
Medieval Archaeology and Maney Publishing commemorate this event in a
special issue of their leading journal Post-Medieval Archaeology.
The issue (Vol 40/1) reviews the symbolic construction of Jamestown
as ‘America’s Birthplace’, shedding new light on the lives of the European
settlers, the native presence in Virginia, and understanding of the site
in the context of the broader Atlantic world. Papers also re-examine the
history of archaeological research on the site, presenting important early
17th-century artefacts from the fort of Jamestown.
Articles include ‘Archaeology and the construction of America’s Jamestown’
by Audrey Horning, ‘Jamestown Rediscovery: an introduction’ by William
Kelso, and ‘Subsistence fishing at Jamestown, 1607-24’ by Daniel W.
Schmidt. The authors have all been closely involved with the excavation,
recording and preservation work of the Jamestown site.
The President of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, Geoff Egan,
who has also been involved in assessment work in Jamestown, provides the
foreword for the special issue: “Not only is the site of international
archaeological importance; its remarkable range of structural and
artefactual evidence offers much to inform our understanding of many
aspects of European life in the 17th century.”
The first major event of the 400th anniversary is the 40th Annual
Conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology which will be held in
Williamsburg from 10-14th January. Entitled ‘Historic and Underwater
Archaeology’, the conference will focus on early European settlements
along the Atlantic rim and what they reveal about cultural change among
Europeans, Africans and native peoples. Both Maney Publishing and the
Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology will be exhibiting at the conference
where copies of the special issue will be available. Maney will be at
stand number 36.
About Post-Medieval Archaeology, the Journal of the Society for Post-
Medieval Archaeology Post-Medieval Archaeology is an international journal
devoted to the study of the material evidence of European society around
the world. The increasingly broad scope of post-medieval archaeology
includes pottery, glass, metalwork, fortifications, vernacular
architecture, landscape studies and industrial archaeology, to produce
articles engaging in the latest theoretical debates. The journal is
published in both print and online formats, and selected colour
illustration is now available online.
For more information on the journal please visit
www.maney.co.uk/journals/pma and to visit the Society website visit
www.spma.org.uk
For online journal contents please visit
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/pma
For further information please contact Alison Holgate, Marketing & PR
Assistant, Maney Publishing. Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 0113 386
8160
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