Glimpsing beneath the waters : a survey of Jamestown Island's submerged cultural resources, Jamestown Island, James City County, Virginia / by Jodi Lee Carpenter.
| Author/creator |
Carpenter, Jodi Lee author. |
| Other author/creator | Babits, Lawrence Edward, degree supervisor. |
| Other author/creator | East Carolina University. Department of History. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations and Archival & Manuscript Material |
| Production Info | 2007. |
| Description | xvii, 134 leaves : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm |
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| Summary | Jamestown Island, Virginia, is recognized as the first permanent English colony in the New World. In 2007, Jamestown is observing the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of "James Cittie." The island has been the focus of archaeological investigation for more than a century. The bulk of this archaeological energy, however, has been spent on the island's terrestrial resources. This is ironic considering that the island's waterways served the early English settlers as crucial lifelines for transportation, commerce, and communication. Moreover, human use of Jamestown's waterways both pre- and postdate seventeenth century "James Cittie." A 2006 underwater survey circumnavigating Jamestown Island has shed light on the island's abundant submerged cultural resources. This thesis analyzes the survey's findings and determines whether temporal and cultural correlations exist between Jamestown Island's newly discovered submerged archaeological sites and the island's previously identified terrestrial sites, pointing the way for future underwater archaeological investigations around Jamestown Island. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Department of History. |
| General note | Advisor: Lawrence E. Babits |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2007 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-134). |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Academic theses. |
| Genre/form | Thèses et écrits académiques. |
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