CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW ARCHEOLOGY LAB IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA LEAD TO NEW ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY
Sometimes things just happen for a reason. You may have never heard of “historic” Colonial Williamsburg, especially if you are a West Coaster and don’t shine too hard for early American history. But I’m familiar with it, though I’ve never been there. Located in Virginia, it’s a pretty fun location to tour, with amazing period buildings, re-enactments, and a lot of information of interesting history. But it’s so rich, in fact, that the construction of a new archeology lab to continue local work ended up in the discovery of an otherwise unknown new archeology site. It’s like history writing itself… to write itself.
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CONSTRUCTION LED TO DISCOVERY OF A COLONIAL HOUSE DATING BACK TO 1660
The new archeology site is a house that dates all the way back to 1660. In other words, this house was over a 100 years old before America even existed in 1776. In fact, the house predates even the Colonial Williamsburg that people visit the area to learn about. But it’s not totally shocking to have this ironic discovery happen, as the whole area is rich in still-undiscovered artifacts. Researchers have been looking there for the last century, with the discovery of over 60 million artifacts to date. Besides this very early colonial house, a major recent discovery was a Barracks dating to the Revolutionary War.
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IRONIC DISCOVERY A GOOD REMINDER OF ALL THERE IS YET TO SEE IN COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG
The new archeology lab is set to be finished and ready for work in about 2 years. If the inaugural dig is any indication (as well as 60 million artifacts to date), it’s sure to get a lot of use, say, for at least another 100 years. It reminds me that visiting Colonial Williamsburg needs to get bumped up on my to-do list. But by the time I (or you) get to visit there, there’s sure to be a lot more to see with all these archeological discoveries.
