I have been in contact recently with the Anthopologist/Archaeologist, Jeffery Blick who participated in the Archaeological digs over 20 years ago at Weyanoke Old Town, an Indian Town located on one of the patents acquired by George and Sarah Maycock Pace. This area is now part of the James River National Wildlife Refuge which can be visited by permit. Jeff has written many papers on his findings, primarily concerning dog remains recovered there. He provided me with a link that one can view some pictures and read a story of his recent revisit of the area. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/tracking-origin-mans-best-friend . Samuel Maycock was the previous owner of part of George Paces' patents and was killed in the Indian Massacre. of 1622. Perhaps Samuel Maycock's bones were some of the ones mentioned in the article. John Pace

Blicks dig, found dogs and humans with the dog skeletons dating from 1020 to 1273 AD, long before our ancestors arrived in the Jamestown area. These human bodies must be Native American bodies based on being buried with their canine friends. Out west, disturbing a Native American body, is not advised and the Antiquities Act applies for any artifacts found. Maybe why there is not a reference to humans origin, DNA or physical features. Maybe a report on the humans later. Larry Pace GENEALOGY LPace1943@comcast.net CHECK OUT THIS SITE-which leads to others that depict archealogy of the area. Artifacts from Weyanoke Old Town http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vavfar/pg51.html Prince George County Research Page --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tracking the origin of man's best friend http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/tracking-origin-mans-best-friend ALONG THE JAMES RIVER EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLE TO CLARIFY POINTS OF ISSUE- for those who do not have internet. As a young archaeologist, Blick helped make an astounding discovery here - the skeletons of 112 dogs buried by Native Americans nearly 1,000 years ago. The prehistoric dogs from Virginia stood about 16 inches high, about the size of today's Shetland sheepdog, and ranged from 18 to 32 pounds. Their color? Unknown, but Blick hopes DNA will provide an answer. Most importantly, the Virginia dogs are old - too old to have interbred with those of European colonists. The Virginia skeletons date from around 1020 to 1273 A.D., some 300 to 600 years before the English arrived. excavating a site that had been occupied by humans for at least 10,000 years. Its exact location Blick tries to keep secret to protect it from relic hunters. About 2 million artifacts were recovered during the dig Three seem to have been sacrificed." One of the three was buried on the feet of an elderly woman, with a pot placed on top of it. The other two dogs were buried separately, each with the forearm of a man - war trophies? A few dogs had pots or cups buried with them, while others seem to have been less valued. "We have people there that are buried ceremoniously, and then we have some that look like they were thrown in the pit and their feet didn't quite go in all the way." There is no evidence that any dog was butchered or cooked, he said, although the Iroquois and Algonquins were known to eat dogs. However, some of the dogs had injuries. NORTHEAST ANTHROPOLOGY Abstracts: Issue 69 http://www.albany.edu/northeast_anthropology/abstracts/issue69.htm 59-85 Canis Familiaris Skeletal Remains From Weyanoke Old Town (44pg51), Virginia Jeffrey P. Blick Weyanoke Old Town (44PG51), Prince George County, Virginia, has yielded approximately 112 mostly complete Canis familiaris (domestic dog) skeletons from numerous features on a Late Woodland Virginia Algonquian (Weyanoke) village. Features included trash pits, human burials, and two apparent ritual deposits in which dogs accompany severed human forearms. The sample analyzed for this report included 47 dogs: approximately 60% adult or subadult (28/47), approximately 40% immature (19/47), and 50% male and female (14/28 each, of those identifiable to sex). Analysis of basioccipital measurements indicates that sex of the dogs can be determined with a high degree of confidence. Pathologies were identified in about 57% (16/28) of the adult and subadult dogs, and dental abnormalities (subnumerary and supernumerary teeth, microdontia, dental crowding, and slight to severe dental attrition) are present in about 89% (25/28) of the adult and subadult dogs analyzed to date. Additional skeletal abnormalities including healed fractures (perhaps indicative of mistreatment), disease (periostitis, arthritis, osteoarthrosis), and fused limb and foot bones were recorded. Cranial measurements suggest that these dogs fall into the mesaticephalic (medium-sized) skull type. Generally, the Weyanoke canids would be classified as medium-sized dogs standing an average of 42 cm high and weighing an average of 10.11 kg (22.29 lbs). ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <pjohndeb@verizon.net> To: <pace@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:49 PM Subject: [PACE] Archaeolgical digs at George Pace property >I have been in contact recently with the Anthopologist/Archaeologist, >Jeffery Blick who participated in the Archaeological digs over 20 years ago >at Weyanoke Old Town, an Indian Town located on one of the patents acquired >by George and Sarah Maycock Pace. This area is now part of the James River >National Wildlife Refuge which can be visited by permit. Jeff has written >many papers on his findings, primarily concerning dog remains recovered >there. He provided me with a link that one can view some pictures and read >a story of his recent revisit of the area. >http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/tracking-origin-mans-best-friend . Samuel >Maycock was the previous owner of part of George Paces' patents and was >killed in the Indian Massacre. of 1622. Perhaps Samuel Maycock's bones were >some of the ones mentioned in the article. > > John Pace