6 Quotes by William Kelso

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    But there it is. You can see the foundations of the buildings he saw. And when he was writing in 1611, things at Jamestown looked pretty good.

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    What we've found is a whole new pattern of change that we hadn't thought of before. They changed their attitude toward the colony over time - and they really adapted to the reality they found in Virginia.

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    We thought they were exaggerating before we saw the evidence in the ground, ... But - clearly - they were living on the edge. No wonder there were so many deaths.

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    We're not just looking for archaeological features here. We're not just looking for artifacts. We're really trying to communicate with the way that these people thought and lived,

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    There was a lot of activity here. And it wasn't just a settlement of rich gentlemen who were lazy and didn't work and didn't know how to exist in the wilderness.

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    But I'm willing to say, 'OK, let's consider what some other scientists are saying. That's the only way we can evaluate it fairly.

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