The Smith's Island Archaeology Project

Sketch of Smith's Island and St. George's from St. David's by Edmund Hallewell, c1842-1844, courtesy Dr. Edward Harris COME DIG WITH US IN 2026 AS WE UNCOVER BERMUDA's FIRST CAPITAL The Smith's Island Archaeology Project invites applications to join the Summer 2026 Field School running from May 25 to June 29.  Our work will focus on expanding the  excavations of the 1612 First Town site at Smallpox Bay, featured as the cover story of Dec. 2024's Smithsonian Magazine.   We will start by  fully defining two partially excavated early buildings and then open new units in an area that has numerous deep anomalies revealed by using Ground Penetrating Radar. First Town Site Locus A, GIS features with GPR survey to west First Town Site Locus A, Incomplete excavation of a major structure measuring 16ft by at least 30ft We will also excavate areas near Oven Site based on Ground Penetrating Radar survey data, in order to locate the Smith's Fort Captain's Mansion, d...