Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterA skull from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterA collection of bones from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterA skull from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterLooking at Jane’s CT scan and mirroring: Dr. Stephen Rouse, 3D medical modeling expert (top left); Andreas Gutzeit, B-camera operator (bottom left); Dr. Douglas Owsley, division head of physical anthropology (top right); and film director Richard Wells (bottom right foreground) Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterSkulls from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterA skull from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterScott Whitaker, scanning electron microcopy lab manager, examines the state of the cut marks in Jane’s mandible. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterA skull from the excavation of the Jamestown colony, prepped for examination at the Smithsonian Institution. Credit: Tina-Jane Krohn / © Story House Productions
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterDramatic re-enactment, Jamestown colonists. Actors from left to right: Greg Crowe, Caroline Mohler, Timothy Buck, and Brian Coughlan. Credit: Photo by Kelsey Murrell © THIRTEEN Productions LLC
Secrets of the Dead: Jamestown’s Dark WinterDramatic re-enactment, Jamestown colonists. Actors from left to right: Brian Coughlan, Scott Zeiss and Jordan Halsey. Credit: Photo by Kelsey Murrell © THIRTEEN Productions LLC
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