Two weeks into their work, a team of archaeologists from the Bermuda National Trust, William and Mary College of Virginia, and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation have started to shed a little light on life in early St. George's.

Stephen Copeland, Chairman of the Archeological Research Committee of the Bermuda National Trust told The Royal Gazette the team has already unearthed a brick surface and abutting wall in the garden of the Globe Hotel. The project is being run by the Bermuda National Trust with the assistance of the Bermuda Maritime Museum and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

On site historian Michael Jarvis pointed out the find: five courses of brick lying about nine inches below ground. Beside it an amber musket flint.

The bricks could indicate the floor of a building extension or possibly a pathway, he said.

The Globe Hotel sits close to one of the oldest slave quarters in the British colonies. A building nearby housed black and Indian slaves belonging to the Somers Island company from around 1620 until 1699, when it was torn down to make way for the Globe.

Inside a utility trench the team also discovered two blue glass beads. "We're hoping to find more. Glass beads (used for adornment) and cowrie shells are indicative of early African-American sites,'' said Mr. Jarvis.

At the main dig behind the Town Hall archeologists have already hit the watertable and uncovered a substantial section of a Bermuda stone wall, possibly a section of the stone dock dating between 1620 and 1720, said Mr.

Copeland.

At the site, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Margaret Cooper told The Royal Gazette the team was surprised to find the stone wall so quickly.

"We're a little surprised at how high the wall is.'' The main dig has also yielded several ceramic and glass fragments and bowls.

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