Talk:Roanoke Colony

New Archeological Research Needs to Be Incorporated into the Article

There is a news story today on new archeological research into the lost colony indicating that artifacts have been found on Hatteras Island indicating that the colonist survived and went to live with natives on what is now Hatteras Island.

The English colonists who settled the so-called Lost Colony before disappearing from history simply went to live with their native friends — the Croatoans of Hatteras, according to a new book. “They were never lost,” said Scott Dawson, who has researched records and dug up artifacts where the colonists lived with the Indians in the 16th century. “It was made up. The mystery is over.”

A team of archaeologists, historians, botanists, geologists and others have conducted digs on small plots in Buxton and Frisco for 11 years. Teams have found thousands of artifacts 4-6 feet below the surface that show a mix of English and Indian life. Parts of swords and guns are in the same layer of soil as Indian pottery and arrowheads. The evidence shows the colony left Roanoke Island with the friendly Croatoans to settle on Hatteras Island. They thrived, ate well, had mixed families and endured for generations. More than a century later, explorer John Lawson found natives with blue eyes who recounted they had ancestors who could “speak out of a book,” Lawson wrote.

I will leave it to others to decide how to incorporate this new information into the main article.

2600:1700:DC50:5560:81E2:BE7E:28F:DDC8 (talk) 02:29, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi - this is already well covered in Roanoke Colony#Integration with local tribes. We could probably add the book as a reference, but it isn't a new theory. Ckruschke (talk) 19:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)Ckruschke

References

Dawson book

Scott Dawson has a new book coming out, claiming that the colony was never lost: its members simply assimiliated with the Croatoan tribe and lived happily ever after.[1] I'm posting the info here in case someone wants to use it: I'm unlikely to try to do so myself. Added: I see this is same book mentioned in previous talk entry. The book does sound like it has some new data. 2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D (talk) 04:15, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

The statement, "The Roanoke settlers were massacred" is a bit troubling. What if we instead stated, "The Roanoke invaders were defended against and repelled." ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.41.236.23 (talk) 17:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Confusing wording

Casual reader here. I read through the 'voyage' section under 'Lane colony' but I can't quite figure out who was at Puerto Rico, who was at the Outer Banks, and when. Maybe it is obvious to someone more familiar with the subject than I, but I think it could use a tidy up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SDavies (talk • contribs) 10:06, 6 February 2021 (UTC)