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Secrets of the Dead II. Death at Jamestown. Prod. by Alex Marengo. Thirteen/WNET New York in association with Channel 4 (UK), 2001. 60 mins. (PBS Video, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314-1698; 1-800-344-3337; <[email protected]>; <http://shop.pbs.org/education> [Sept. 23, 2002])
Secrets of the Dead II: Death at Jamestown explores why so many settlers died in the first three years of settlement at Jamestown. The video highlights recent archaeological discoveries of the fort site and of a settler's skeleton, and it summarizes the conflicts among Jamestown residents, relations with the Indians, and the starving time. The format is familiar-interviews with the anthropologist who led the excavations, short statements by Ivor Noel Hume (the dean of early Virginia archaeologists) and staff from the national park at...