one of the first politicians — and slave owners — in the American colonies.
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Certainly not the first slave owner in Americas.
Indians were often slave owners.
Head missing Democrat
Spine missing Republican
Why was the body and skull in two different places?..................
When does grave robbing become archeology?
It wasn’t found in a topless bar?
TOTALLY unnecessary to have added that irrelevant piece of information.
Yeardley didn’t come to Jamestown until 1610 (he left London in June 1609, but a hurricane blew his ship off course to Bermuda). He became Jamestown governor in 1616, at the age of 29. He was later knighted by King James I in Britain, and then he returned to Jamestown with instructions from the Virginia Company, which controlled the colony, to create “a laudable form of government . . . [for] the people there inhabiting,” according to historical documents, The Washington Post reported.
The plan worked. In June of 1619, a group of 30 men met at the church the archaeologists are now excavating.
That same year, America received its first group of enslaved Africans. The slaves, taken from Angola in west central Africa, were on a Spanish ship bound for Vera Cruz, Mexico, until two English privateer ships attacked and took up to 60 of the Africans to Point Comfort, in what is now Hampton, Virginia said David Givens, director of archaeology at Jamestown Rediscovery. Yeardley purchased eight of the people, Givens told Live Science.
With the 400th anniversary of both of these events approaching, archaeologists hope to learn more about Yeardley, starting with the identification of his body, the researchers said. Although the DNA work is yet to come, the skeleton does offer several clues: It comes from a robust man in his late 30s or early 40s, which would match Yeardley, who died at age 40, in 1627, the archaeologists told The Washington Post.
Moreover, the skeleton’s hands are at its sides — not crossed over the pelvis — indicating that this burial was an important one, likely laid out so that people could see the body before its final burial, Hartley said. And in the early 1900s, people found a tomb slab engraved with knightly symbolsin the church. Given that Yeardley was a knight, it’s possible this limestone slab belonged to him, Hartley said.
She also noted that the burial is located in front of the church’s altar, “a pretty prime spot to be buried,” Hartley said.
The soil and artifacts at the burial match the right time period, Givens added. The team also plans to radiocarbon date the bones and do isotopic testing (an isotope is a variation of an element that has a varying number of neutrons in its nucleus) on the remains so that they can tell whether the individual drank water from England as a youth, he said.
https://www.techawais.com/headless-body-might-be-one-of-americas-1st-politicians/
Jamestown ping.
“Handful of teeth” sounds funny to me.
The Headless Horseman was a Hessian soldier originally.
Got an entire House full of headless politicians today.
Makes sense. Back then people were more practical and knew politicians were brainless, so why waste flesh and bone on a head?
Most politicians don’t need a head to operate.
Unsolicited travel advice: we were in Washington last
Month and took a quick day trip to take in Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Jamestown in one day. Online I found a diner from1929, featured on Food Network. We took the Jamestown auto ferry, then 30 miles due west to Wakefield. Come to find it’s the self-proclaimed peanut capital of the world. Bet peanuts I’ve ever had! If you’re there take time to explore this magnify rly beautiful part of the country.