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Archaeologists Find 400-Year-Old Tobacco Pipes at Jamestown

RICHMOND, Va. -- Archaeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who's who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America's first permanent English settlement. The white clay pipes -- actually, castoffs likely rejected...

Report: Historic Jamestown Could Be Wiped Off Map

Adrin Snider, Newport News Daily Press/MCT

(Sept. 1) -- Jamestown, Va., the site of the first permanent English colony in what became the United States, could be wiped off the map by climate change, researchers warned today. As the polar ice caps melt, rising sea levels could completely swamp the historical location that has stood as an icon of American history...

Background on jamestown

Jamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 (O.S., May 24, 1607 N.S.), it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke.

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