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Research has found English settlers resorted to cannibalism during the winter of 1609 after skeletal remains exhibited markings normally found when a human body is for food. | Research has found English settlers resorted to cannibalism during the winter of 1609 after skeletal remains exhibited markings normally found when a human body is eaten for food. | ||
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A 14-year-old girl was cannibalized by Jamestown Colony settlers, according to researchers. The girl probably died from natural causes and was not murdered. | A 14-year-old girl was cannibalized by Jamestown Colony settlers, according to Smithsonian researchers. The girl probably died from natural causes and was not murdered. | ||
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Revision as of 16:21, 2 May 2013
The Jamestown Colony was the first permanent European settlement in North America. It was founded on May 14, 1607 by the Virginia Company, which was granted a charter by King James I of England to establish a colony in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia. In 1624, Virginia became a crown colony and Jamestown served as the capital until 1698 when it moved to Williamsburg.
Cannibalism
Research has found English settlers resorted to cannibalism during the winter of 1609 after skeletal remains exhibited markings normally found when a human body is eaten for food.
“Given these bones in a trash pit, all cut and chopped up, it's clear that this body was dismembered for consumption.”[1]
A 14-year-old girl was cannibalized by Jamestown Colony settlers, according to Smithsonian researchers. The girl probably died from natural causes and was not murdered.
References
- ↑ Stromberg, Joseph. Starving Settlers in Jamestown Colony Resorted to Cannibalism Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Starving-Settlers-in-Jamestown-Colony-Resorted-to-Eating-A-Child-205472161.html#ixzz2SAycZ0Kp Follow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter. Retrieved on 2013-05-02.