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Uncovering Werowocomoco College and City Archaeologists Say Settlement Appears to Be Powhatan's Village Lb Partner Over Queen Noor of Jordan, the College's commencement speaker, will address the impact of the war in Iraq on the Middle East. Com¬ mencement is Sunday, May 11. VOLUME XXXII, NUMBER 17 A Newspaper for Faculty, Staff and Students THURSDAY, MAY 8,2003 Uncovering Werowocomoco College and City Archaeologists say settlement appears to be Powhatan's village lb Partner Over Archaeologists have identified the Jamestown Road location of a 17th-century Ameri¬ can Indian settlement on BOV wants to focus on K Virginia's York River that may represent the village of Werowocomoco—the prin¬ traffic and parking issues cipal residence of the Virginia Algonquian chief Powhatan from 1607 After defeating two motions to to 1609. Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, reconsider the site of a new resi¬ presided over the Powhatan chiefdom dence hall slated for construction that encompassed coastal Virginia from on Barksdale Field, the William and the James to the Potomoc rivers during Mary Board of Visitors adopted a the early 1600s. The Powhatan chiefdom resolution on April 25th directing represented one of the most complex the College to work with the city, political entities in eastern North campus and community to improve America during this period. parking and traffic near the Preliminary investigations of the Jamestown Road site. Gloucester County site on Purton Bay "I want to ensure that the Col¬ have recovered Native American and lege works with the city to resolve European artifacts in numbers that cor¬ these difficult issues," explained respond with a substantial village settle¬ BOV member Lawrence ment dating to the early colonial period. William and Mary's Martin Gallivan and Danielle Moretti-Langholtz examine Indian Eagleburger, who introdviced the resolution. These archaeological deposits, com¬ ceramic gathered from the ground by property owner Lynn Ripley. bined with descriptions of The site selected for the new Werowocomoco by several Jamestown As its first act, the group presented includingjohn Smith's 1612 map ofVir- structure had encountered oppo¬ colonists, lead the archaeologists to hy¬ its preliminary findings Feb. 15 to rep¬ ginia, have long offered key indications sition in the weeks prior to the pothesize that this site is the central vil¬ resentatives of Virginia's eight state-rec¬ of where this important settlement board meeting, as concerns about lage of the Powhatan chiefdom. ognized Indian tribes and the Virginia might have been located," said traffic and parking and the loss of The Werowocomoco Research Council on Indians, inviting these orga¬ Randolph Turner, director of the Vir¬ green space on Barksdale Field Group, a newly-formed team composed nizations to join the Werowocomoco ginia Department of Historic Resources' were voiced by students and of researchers from the College of Will¬ Research Group as partners in efforts to Portsmouth regional office, "while the Williamsburg citizens. iam and Mary and the Virginia Depart¬ interpret the site. On May 6, the re¬ recent archaeological fieldwork provides Eagleburger's resolution di¬ ment of Historic Resources, in addition searchers also presented the results of convincing evidence that we have in¬ rects the College to conduct a joint to Gloucester-based archaeologists and their preliminary investigations to the deed found the village." traffic study with the city on a representative of the Virginia Indian Gloucester County Board of Supervisors Martin Gallivan, an assistant profes¬ Jamestown Road, focused on the community, will be advising landowners in order to inform the community of the sor in the College's anthropology de¬ area from the intersection of Rich- Bob and Lynn Ripley on the investiga¬ project. partment, notes, "The early colonial Continued on page 2. tion of the site. "Early colonial documentary sources, Continued on page 2. Final Finals: Seniors Take Exams in Stride Inside W&M News Falling asleep in the bathtub with text¬ "quasi-college-, quasi-elementary-school- Quixote-quoting professor books perched precariously above dream," he explains: "I was back home, Jonathan Arries is named Sharpe the waterline; hinging toward fizzy and my mom was standing there with a Professor for Civic Renewal bleariness on caffeine-laden cola; lock¬ report card with all A-pluses on it." ing oneself in the cushy rear of mom's page 4 Then he laughs at himself. "I don't old Volvo in a desperate search for one know why I dreamed that," he says. "It is 3-D transformation final hour of study space: Such anec¬ not that A-pluses at this point are even Students give a new look to dotes were among those overheard in possible. Even if they were possible at campus as they delve into art recent days as students pulled out all William and Mary, there's no sense in stress-induced stops preparing for finals. pageS even talking about it. A's are not auto¬ None, however, were from seniors. matic here. I will go to my grave think¬ Basketball coach named Seniors don't do stress. They have ing that William and Mary is the tough¬ Tony Shaver becomes the 31 st "cool." They have "experience." Seven est school in Virginia." head coach at the College times they have survived the end-of- Senior David Ashinoff, like Smith, page 7 course accountings; approaching the has gotten his share of A's and is con¬ eighth, they have tools and game plans vinced he worked hard for each one. and coping mechanisms—and broader "God, I wish grades were inflated here," perspectives. Indeed, if they do face he says, mocking media reports suggest¬ stress, as seniors, at least they have mas¬ ing that the percentage of high grades tered the art of stressing-out well. has risen at the College. "It is tough to Senior Matt Matera grabs a sandwich get an A here." Seniors are cocky, asserts Van Smith. and a last-minute glance at notes while Like most William and Mary students "We've done it so many times that walking to one of his final exams. who enter the College having aced their there are no longer any surprises. We high-school classes, the reality of getting know what to expect." minored in history, says the first thing B's and occasional C's in college can be Going out with a hug (page 3) And what not to expect. Smith, a se¬ you learn not to count on is getting traumatic; as seniors, they are long over nior who majored in government and straight A's. He shares from a dream, a Continued on page 3. 2/ wNem May 8, 2003 Uncovering Werowocomoco: Powhatan's Place of Power Continued from front. Gloucester-based archaeologists David documentary histories offer a glimpse of Brown and Thane Harpole and funded Of national interest Werowocomoco as a place of power, the by the Virginia Department of Historic 'king's house' in one translation of the Resources and the landowners. Brown The discovery of Werowocomoco and the involvement of village's name. The planned archaeo¬ notes, "After meeting the landowners William and Mary experts made news across the nation Wednesday logical research offers the potential to and learning of the remarkable array of morning, as the New York Times, Baltimore Sun and the Washington expand our knowledge of Native American and early colonial arti¬ Post featured the story, and an Associated Press story was circulated Werowocomoco as the center of author¬ facts present at the site, we recognized on the national wire. Front-page coverage of the discovery was ity among the Powhatans." its historic significance." provided by Virginia's major daily newspapers: the Richmond Times- Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, director The descendant communities of the Dispatch, Virginian-Pilot and the Daily Press. Science, Time and U.S. News of William and Mary's American Indian site's original residents have been invited & World Report are planning articles on the project. News coverage Resource Center, to join in the effort to understand the was coordinated by the Office of University Relations. adds, "It is easy to site and its significance. Deanna lose the voices of Beacham, a member of the Nansemond Virginia Indians in tribe, will assist Moretti-Langholtz in the extraordinary these efforts by serving as outreach co¬ 131 ^mtt^M English accounts ordinator to the Virginia Indian commu¬ fm^ 'yBHSJjH 0f ^e Powhatans. nity. During the Feb. 15 meeting, which yw*W^ Not only does this was attended by the Virginia Council on fbg J jf [, project offer an al- Indians and representatives from the JP" _ ternative perspec- Pamunkey, Upper Mattaponi, .,«. - "i tive on these Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Lan__,.. events, but it also Nansemond, Rappahannock and Mona- Lynn and Bob has the potential can tribes, it was suggested that the Vir¬ Ripley with to be a new model ginia Indian community form an advi¬ artifacts. for archaeological sory board to help guide research ef¬ research on forts. Reeva Tilley, chair of the Virginia American Indian sites in Virginia predi¬ Council on Indians and a member of the Section from John Smith's Map ofVirginia (1612). cated on close partnerships with Native Rappahannock Tribe, stated, "As you communities." walk the land of this site, there is a won¬ John Smith visits the village The crucial identification of artifacts derful sense of power and greatness Arriving at Weramocomoca, being jealous of the intent of this politic by Lynn Ripley on her Gloucester amidst the pristine beauty of the York savage, to discover his intent the better I with 20 shot armed in jacks' went County family farm brought the prop¬ River. The investigation of ashore. The bay where he dewelleth hath in it 3 creeks, and a mile and a half erty to the attention of local archaeolo¬ Werowocomoco will be a significant gists.
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