Lindsay and Madison discuss the “Starving Time” at Jamestown, as well as why moving during a drought doesn’t make sense, the physical evidence of survival cannibalism, and that science really is awesome.
Information pulled from the following sources:
2023 History article by Sarah Pruitt
2021 Historic Jamestowne article
2017 Wired article by Liat Clark
2015 Real Archaeology blog post by brrodriguez
2014 Archaeology article by Nikhil Swaminathan
2013 BBC News article by Jane O’Brien
2013 CNN article by Elizabeth Landau
2013 The New York Times article by Nicholas Wade
2013 Reuters article by Deborah Zabarenko
2013 Smithsonian Magazine article by Joseph Stromberg
2013 U.S. News article by Jason Koebler
2007 Colonial Williamsburg article by Dennis Montgomery
Jamestown Discovery video
Wikipedia
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