Craig, it's not incredible that the physical remains were just discovered
because the excavation process is so methodical and, when you're out there
and have to interpret while you work, it takes even longer. Members of the
list might want to look at the Preservation Virginia website page that has
more details.
https://www.historicjamestowne.org/jane/jane.php

Note that her remains were found only last year, and that it takes time to
do the conservation and analysis, plus make sure that everything is as
airtight as you can make it before announcing the discovery to the public.

I've found many of the comments very off-putting, but I think that's the
way we deal with subjects with  which we're very uncomfortable. Humor, of
whatever type, diffuses the discomfort. I choose to think about how
terrible that time must have been and how few the choices were that forced
those still alive in 1609-1610 to make this decision.

Martha Katz-Hyman
Curator
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

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