Pottery found from a medicine jar used during the Roanoke voyages in the 1500s. (Photo : National Park Service)
Archaeologists have unearthed lost artifacts and remnants from a "Lost Colony" in Roanoke Island in North Carolina, which included pottery remains that could possibly originate from a jar that used to belong to a medicine man, who could also be a member of this mysterious colony.
Specifically, scientists uncovered two fragments the size of a coin, that possess a coloration of blue, brown and white that were found buried underneath the ground located near an earthen mound which is also used to be a 16the century fort.
According to archaeologist Eric Deetz from the First Colony Foundation who is part of this archaeological dig earlier this month, this has been a very exciting discovery. This pottery evidence is also indicative of Elizabethan presence on this island.
These settlers from the "Lost Colony" first disappeared from the Roanoke Island during the late 16the century when English explorer Walter Raleigh sent out three expedition groups to the North Carolina coast during the years 1584, 1585 and 1587.
Apart from this newly found pottery, artifacts have been constantly being uncovered for years in these regions where these settlers used to established their homes and built forts around their communities.
This incredible discovery offers a glimpse of daily life in the colony and might offer crucial clues what happened to the colony when it disappeared, that can demystify the fate of the colonists. Deetz also adds that the recent evidence were from a jar that might be utilized to mix medicine and different salves.
