Three hundred and ninety -five years after the r settlers landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts and celebrated the first Thanksgiving, researches and archeologists from the University of Massachusetts have discovered definite evidence of the earliest 1620 Plymouth settlement. In September of 1620, 100 English men and women set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new world. The landing was noted in history to be on the shores of Cape Cod, in the state of Massachusetts. Here the first settlers formed the first Pilgrim self sufficient colony in partnership with neighboring Native Americans. These Pilgrims landed ashore in Plymouth without question, but many decades of research and archeological digs have been elusive in concretely confirm…show more content… The overwhelming evidence showed a massive grave from 1778 relating back to the crew of the Big Arnold, but at that time no real evidence was collected resembling any 17th century fort or palisades. “All of our dozen or so scans across both of the hills on Burial Hill, the southern one traditionally assumed to be the location of the forts and the higher one to the north, yielded no evidence of a palisade trench or significant disturbance that would have been caused when a building with even a relatively deep foundation would have been erected.” Dr. Landon’s and his team concluded that the palisade was not erected in the trench on Briar Hill as originally thought but rather trunnelled in place. This method of building consisted of large posts paced equal distance apart with a top and bottom rail made from split logs or even sawn plants. In Plymouth on Burial Hill history legers confirm that the palisade was rebuilt in 1635 as a fort where 10-inch square posts 10-inches apart and three rails in between were constructed to form a formidable structure for the settlement. The evidence unearthed by the archeologist team was post holes measuring 2 feet in diameter spaced 10 feet apart. This discovery was confirmed by variation in soil colour and wood artifacts. The fort was historically documented to be a large square structure. Photos and historical writings described it as a square building with a flat roof of thick planks, oak wood beams and cannons mounted on top. The lower area was used by the pilgrim’s as a church sanctuary. The entire structure was framed in area timber strong and sturdy enough to support the weight of the cannons on the upper level. The teams additional ground penetrating radar surveys identified the foundations as well, giving rise to their
