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Consisting of five articles by some of the leading lights of historical archaeology, this volume examines the cultural expressions of colonial settlement on both sides of the Atlantic. Compared against the framework of the English at Jamestown, as told by William Kelso, Audrey Horning examines the British colonization of Ireland, Kathleen Deagan looks at the Spanish in the Caribbean and South America, Marcel Moussette and William Moss analyze ...

Takes us literally to the soil where the Jamestown colony began, unearthing footprints of a series of structures, beginning with the James Fort, to reveal fascinating evidence of the lives and deaths of the first settlers, of their endeavours and struggles, and new insight into their relationships with the Virginia Indians.

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Attempts to define what effect the semitropical, hostile border environment of colonial Georgia had on the plantation development scheme of at least one English settler. Kelso's report concludes with a detailed study of the artifacts with illustrations, descriptions, and identifications of the important pieces.

Written by the lead archaeologist who unearthed the secrets of America's birthplace.

It is the year 14. The Roman Legions under Governor Varus have miraculously survived ambush in the Teutoburg forest and are now trying to consolidate their position north and east of the Rhine. Resistance to their rule is led by a charismatic and powerful German noble named Arminius who is waging a brutal and effective guerilla war. Gaius, a young, capable officer in the Roman Army, is summoned by Governor Varus, away from his post in Spain an...

In 1971 William Kelso happened almost by chance on an archaeological find that would open a new door on the rural history of colonial Tidewater Virginia. Erosion had revealed a brick well shaft in a cliff on the James River, above this was an earthen fort and, a bit farther downriver, the remains of a plantation manor. These would be the first of many intriguing discoveries to be made in the area known as Kingsmill. Though the land's owners ag...