Lecture at the Haffenreffer Museum on November 15

Archaeological Investigations at Werowocomoco, Capital of the Powhatan Chiefdom

Professor Martin Gallivan
College of William and Mary, Department of Anthropology Lecture

Thursday, November 15th
5:30 p.m.

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology’s
Manning Hall Gallery, Main Green, Brown University

Martin Gallivan will discuss his recent excavations at the site of Werowocomoco. Four hundred years ago, Jamestown’s colonists entered a world of Native American communities bound together within the Powhatan chiefdom. From his residence at Werowocomoco, chief Powhatan dominated Tidewater Virginia. Early colonial encounters at Werowocomoco involved well-known fi gures from this period, including Powhatan, John Smith, and Pocahontas. Recent archaeological investigations at the site, undertaken in close collaboration with contemporary descendants of the Powhatans, are revealing how Werowocomoco differed in striking ways from other Native communities and served as a center of power for four centuries prior to Jamestown’s settlement and during its fateful last years of encounters with Jamestown’s settlers.

Reception co-sponsored by CSREA/American Indian Studies, The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, The Department of Anthropology, and the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.