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the government. so that would have been representatives from that area in the first representative assembly. there was always some kind of connection. then it went on to be a plantation during the 17 the century. >> how far is the original historic jamestown from the current seat of government, richmond? how far down the james river? >> 50 miles. i guess 50. >> sebring, florida next up. georgian. >> go ahead. >> georgiann. go ahead. sebri sebring, florida. >> caller: i was fortunate enough to bring my children from the ipswich and felixville area to virginia. so they got to see where...

so, they're still here as they say. >> we had a caller earlier ask about the lost colony in north carolina, some recent news that they may have discovered a map or indication of a fort on a map in the british museum in looking at it. bly straube, has anybody done any excavations in that area? >> we have done some preliminary survey of the area and found some interesting hints of early artifacts, 16th century. possibly. and so we have plans to revisit the area very, very soon. >> how much are both of you involved or in contact with your british colleagues on early colonial or precolon...

area to look at in the future, far beyond my career, i would say. >> and your work is complicated there by the fact that that area was used as a civil war fort, fort pocahontas. >> right. yeah. in 1861, the fort pocahontas was built by the confederate army. and it -- by wherever they scooped to get earth to put up bank to protect the guns, the original -- the original 1607 settlement was being disturbed. however, where they piled the dirt, that was preserved. but so we decided that we needed to see the most preserved part of the fort under the fort, and so we looked archaeologically ...

my husband is descended from pocahontas and john rolf through pocahontas' grandson -- granddaughter, excuse me, jane rolf, who married a man called robert bowling. my mother-in-law's late mother-in-law was a bowling. a few moments ago the commentator said to you this was the church where pocahontas married john smith. and as you know more than i, it was john rolf she married. but i notice that a great many people make that mistake, thinking that pocahontas married john smith. it's a pity about that. i think john rolf kind of gets pushed to the background. thank you very much for this...

today the archaeologists uncovered this wonderful medallion from a german stoneware bottle. made in germany near cologne. it's unique. we don't have one like it so i'll have to do research to figure out who it is depicting. it would have been a bottle that would contain beer or wine, so for alcoholic beverage. >> you had mentioned in the hour long preview, the documentary we just saw, that you had to learn how to read the artifacts 1 1/2 million artifacts you've uncovered in the last 20 years or so. what do you mean by reading it? what's the most important part of that? >> what i mea...