Nightmare in Jamestown
Description
Bubonic plague, starvation, maybe even cannibalism-such were the miseries of life in England's Jamestown settlement, circa 1609. Four centuries later, this program explores the colony's story with the help of dramatic reenactments and information on recent historical discoveries. Sophisticated forensics and archaeological methods reveal the contents of Jamestown graves, producing shocking evidence of hunger and disease as well as political intrigue and espionage. Viewers also learn how the Church of England has allowed the attempted exhumation of 17th-century remains-female bones that could hold clues to the Jamestown struggle and to the contributions of an unsung hero named Bartholomew Gosnold.
Runtime
51 min
Subjects
- Archaeology (199)
- Renaissance (109)
- Applied anthropology (6)
- Reformation (106)
- Physical anthropology (61)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2010], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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