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The team of researchers believes it may have broken one of America’s most enduring legends. Roanoke Colony go?
The Roanoke Colony, also known as the Lost Colony, was the first permanent English reconciliation In the US. A group of over 100 settlers settled on Roanoke Island, North Carolina in 1587, led by Ir Walter Raleigh.
Colony Governor John White returned to England in 1587 to provide supplies. When he returned to Roanoke Island in August 1590, he discovered that the settlement had been mysteriously abandoned.
One of the only clues remaining on the site was the word “Croaton” was engraved on the palate. It was now called the Croatian Island or the Croaton Indians, known as Hatteras Island.
This mystery has been plagued by Americans and British people over the past four centuries, and several investigations have begun on the issue. Did the settlers have been killed by Native Americans, starve to death, or It was left in the green meadow Escaped the historian.
After a decade of research, archaeologists spoke with Fox News Digital about his team’s discoveries related to the lost Roanoke Colony. (Mark Horton, Croatuan Archaeological Association)
However, new research suggests that the fate of the settlers may have been untragic in the end.
Mark Houghton, a professor of archaeology at the Royal Agricultural University of England, spoke with Fox News Digital about his discoveries.
“This is a metal that needs to be raised to a relatively high temperature… of course, this [requires] There was no technology that Native Americans did not have during this period. ”
Over the past decade, British researchers have been working with Scott Dawson of the Croitton Archaeological Society to uncover the mystery. Horton said he revealed evidence that colonialists were assimilated into Croatian society thanks to a pile of garbage. (See the video at the top of this article.)
“We’re looking at the midden of Native Americans (it’s a garbage pile) that lives on Hatteras Island, because we assumed they would be assimilated very rapidly into the Native American population,” Houghton said.
Smoking guns on the site? Hummer scales are small, flake pieces of iron that originate from forging iron.
Horton said it was conclusive evidence of ironworkers on Hatteras Island, and that only English settlers could do it.
According to archaeologists, the presence of the hammer scale is conclusive evidence that the settlers moved to Hatteras Island and lived among the Croatonians. (Mark Horton/Croatuan Archaeological Association)
“The important importance of hammer scales is that it is proof of making iron at the moment, forging,” he said.
“The hammer scale comes from the blacksmiths.”
Horton said, “This is a metal that needs to be raised to a relatively high temperature… of course, that’s of course. [requires] technology Native Americans did not have this period. ”
The excavation took place on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, formerly known as Croitton Island. (Mark Horton/Croatuan Archaeological Association)
Hammerscale, experts say, shows that English must have been “working” in this Native American community.
But what if the Hammerscale gets longer after the Roanoke colony is abandoned? Horton said that was unlikely.
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“We found it stratified… beneath the layers who know the dates of the late 16th or early 17th century,” he said. “So I know this goes back to the time when the lost settlers came to Hatteras Island.”
“This is a combination of both of its archaeological positions and the fact that it is evidence of people who are actually using English technology.”
Archaeologists say the discovery of 16th-century English artifacts on Hatteras Island reveals the fate of the Roanoke settlers. (Mark Horton/Croatuan Archaeological Association)
At the site, archaeologists also found guns, nautical fixtures, small cannonballs, carved slates and stylus. Wine glass and beads – Draws vivid pictures of life on Hatteras Island in the 17th century.
When asked if the settlers were killed in the later war, Horton said he survived and assimilated normally among the Croathon.
“There is one small snippet of historical evidence from the 1700s, which describes people with blue or grey eyes who remembered those who could read from the book,” he said. “They also said there was this ghost ship sent by a man called Raleigh.”
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“I think they assimilated into the Native American community and their descendants,” Horton said. Their sons, granddaughters, grandchildren He continued to live on Hatteras Island until the early 18th century. ”
When asked if he had officially resolved the mystery, Horton said that while the archaeological evidence was conclusive, the legend would probably still bear it.
The fate of the settlers may not have been tragic and is likely to assimilate into Native American society based on archaeological excavations, experts said. (Mark Horton/Croatuan Archaeological Association)
“Did we solved the mystery? Well, that’s pretty good evidence, but there’s always more work to do,” he said.
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Horton added, “And people love mystery. They don’t like to solve things in some way. The mystery continues, Whatever the scientific evidence says. ”
Brooke Curto of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
