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Jamestown dig's discoveries

Archaeologists at America's first permanent English settlement are reporting the discovery of what they say are four significant finds.

The director of archaeology at Historic Jamestown, William Kelso, identifies the most significant find as an early 17th century copper pendant depicting a Powhatan Indian.

The "corn-flake" fragile copper relief is "tremendously significant" because there are so few renderings of Powhatan Indians, said Kelso.
Read entire article at AP