Jamestown Rediscovery is an
archaeological project of
Preservation Virginia (formerly the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) investigating the remains of the original settlement at
Jamestown established in the
Virginia Colony beginning on May 14, 1607.In 1996, the Jamestown Rediscovery team discovered the foundations of the 1607 James Fort, long thought to have disappeared in the waters of the
James River.