Amerika tarihinin sayfalar\u0131nda, g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc Algonkin \u015eefi Powhatan’\u0131n ba\u015fkenti olan Werowocomoco’nun yeniden ke\u015ffi, yerli topluluklar\u0131n dayan\u0131kl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n ve Avrupal\u0131 yerle\u015fimcilerle etkile\u015fimlerinin kal\u0131c\u0131 mias\u0131n\u0131n bir kan\u0131t\u0131 olarak duruyor. Y\u00fczy\u0131llar boyunca, bu \u00f6nemli yerle\u015fimin yeri gizemle \u00f6rt\u00fclm\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc ta ki 2000’lerin ba\u015f\u0131nda York Nehri’nin m\u00fclk sahibi Lynn Ripley’in dikkat \u00e7ekici ke\u015ffine kadar.<\/p>\n\n
Ripley’in arazisindeki topraktan \u00e7\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131 yapan \u00e7anak \u00e7\u00f6mlek par\u00e7alar\u0131 dikkatini \u00e7ekti ve onu William ve Mary Koleji’nden arkeologlar Randolph Turner ve William Martin Gallivan ile ileti\u015fime ge\u00e7irmeye te\u015fvik etti. Buluntular\u0131n\u0131n \u00f6nemini kavrayan Turner, tarihi anlat\u0131lar ve haritalardan rehberlik alarak b\u00f6lgede kapsaml\u0131 bir arama ba\u015flatt\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Jamestown’un 1607’de kurulmas\u0131, Kuzey Amerika tarihinde bir d\u00f6n\u00fcm noktas\u0131yd\u0131. Ancak yeni kurulan koloninin hayatta kalmas\u0131, \u015eef Powhatan liderli\u011findeki g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc Algonkin Konfederasyonu ile ili\u015fkilerine b\u00fcy\u00fck \u00f6l\u00e7\u00fcde ba\u011fl\u0131yd\u0131. 1608’de \u0130ngiliz bir ka\u015fif ve paral\u0131 asker olan Kaptan John Smith, Powhatan ile ittifak kurarak m\u00fccadele eden yerle\u015fimciler i\u00e7in yiyecek ve malzeme eri\u015fimini g\u00fcvence alt\u0131na ald\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Werowocomoco’daki kaz\u0131lar, yerle\u015fimin tarihi ve \u00f6nemi hakk\u0131nda \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutan \u00e7ok say\u0131da eser ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131. Arkeologlar, Jamestown d\u00f6nemine kadar uzanan bak\u0131r e\u015fyalar, cam boncuklar ve di\u011fer e\u015fyalar\u0131 ke\u015ffederek iki topluluk aras\u0131ndaki yak\u0131n ba\u011flar\u0131 do\u011frulad\u0131lar.<\/p>\n\n
En dikkat \u00e7ekici olan\u0131, her biri iki futbol sahas\u0131ndan uzunlukta iki paralel hende\u011fin kal\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131yd\u0131. \u0130spanyol b\u00fcy\u00fckel\u00e7isi Don Pedro de Zu\u00f1iga’n\u0131n 1608 tarihli haritas\u0131nda tasvir edilen bu hendekler, dini veya t\u00f6rensel alanlar i\u00e7in s\u0131n\u0131rlar olarak hizmet etmi\u015f olabilir. Radyo karbon analizi, hendeklerin Powhatan’\u0131n zaman\u0131ndan \u00f6nce, 13. y\u00fczy\u0131lda in\u015fa edildi\u011fini ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Hendeklerin ke\u015ffi, Werowocomoco’nun tarihi hakk\u0131ndaki uzun s\u00fcredir devam eden varsay\u0131mlara meydan okudu. Powhatan’\u0131n ba\u015fkentini kendisi kurmak yerine halihaz\u0131rda var olan eski bir yerle\u015fimde kurdu\u011funu \u00f6ne s\u00fcr\u00fcyordu. Bu bulgu, Chesapeake K\u00f6rfezi b\u00f6lgesindeki Algonkin k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcn\u00fcn karma\u015f\u0131kl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ve uzun \u00f6m\u00fcrl\u00fcl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc vurguluyor.<\/p>\n\n
Kaptan John Smith, 1608’de Werowocomoco’yu ziyaret etti\u011finde g\u00fcnl\u00fc\u011f\u00fcne Powhatan’\u0131n longhouses’una k\u0131y\u0131dan olan mesafeyi “yakla\u015f\u0131k otuz puan” olarak kaydetti. Kaz\u0131lar, nehir k\u0131y\u0131s\u0131ndan yakla\u015f\u0131k 1.500 fit uzakl\u0131kta, Smith’in anlat\u0131m\u0131na uygun ve potansiyel olarak Smith ile Pocahontas aras\u0131ndaki tarihi kar\u015f\u0131la\u015fman\u0131n ger\u00e7ekle\u015fti\u011fi yeri i\u015faret eden bir yap\u0131 ortaya \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Werowocomoco’nun yeniden ke\u015ffi, yaln\u0131zca ge\u00e7mi\u015fi anlamam\u0131z\u0131 zenginle\u015ftirmekle kalm\u0131yor, ayn\u0131 zamanda yerli halklar\u0131n Amerika’daki kal\u0131c\u0131 miras\u0131n\u0131n da bir hat\u0131rlat\u0131c\u0131s\u0131 olarak hizmet ediyor. Kaz\u0131 alan\u0131 art\u0131k tarihi bir d\u00f6n\u00fcm noktas\u0131 olarak korunuyor ve Virginia K\u0131z\u0131lderilileri ve K\u0131z\u0131lderililer yorumuna ve korunmas\u0131na aktif olarak dahil oluyor.<\/p>\n\n
Jamestown’un kurulu\u015funun 400. y\u0131l\u0131n\u0131 kutlarken, Amerikan tarihinin gidi\u015fat\u0131n\u0131 \u015fekillendirmede \u00f6nemli bir rol oynayan Algonkin Konfederasyonu ve kay\u0131p Werowocomoco \u015fehrinin katk\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131 kabul etmek yerinde olacakt\u0131r.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Werowocomoco Kay\u0131p \u015eehri: Jamestown’un Hayatta Kalmas\u0131 \u0130\u00e7in \u00d6nemli Algonkin Yerle\u015fiminin Ortaya \u00c7\u0131kar\u0131lmas\u0131 Arkeolojik Ke\u015fif Amerika tarihinin sayfalar\u0131nda, g\u00fc\u00e7l\u00fc Algonkin \u015eefi Powhatan’\u0131n ba\u015fkenti olan Werowocomoco’nun yeniden ke\u015ffi, yerli topluluklar\u0131n dayan\u0131kl\u0131l\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131n ve…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[88,20129,564,316,20127,27,20128],"class_list":["post-15067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archaeology","tag-jamestown","tag-exploration","tag-native-americans","tag-powhatan","tag-history","tag-werowocomoco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15068,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067\/revisions\/15068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}