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Werowocomoco was a village that served as the headquarters of Chief Powhatan, a Virginia Algonquian political and spiritual leader when the English founded Jamestown in 1607. The name Werowocomoco comes from the Powhatan werowans , meaning "leader" in English; and komakah (-comoco), "settlement".
11 de dic. de 2023 · Beyond the story of Powhatan, Pocahontas, and Captain John Smith, Werowocomoco holds countless untold lessons about American Indian societies in the Chesapeake stretching back thousands of years. Duration: 10 minutes, 15 seconds.
29 de jun. de 2016 · Werowocomoco was the most significant city in the region at the time of the landing of the Jamestown colonists, and had probably been “a place of power” for centuries before 1607, says Martin Gallivan, professor of anthropology at William & Mary. Gallivan led an archaeological examination of the site, the precise location of which was ...
Werowocomoco was the capital of the Algonquian chief Powhatan, who ruled over the Virginia tidewater when Jamestown was founded in 1607. Learn how archaeologists discovered the ancient site, its significance for the English colonists and its possible connection to John Smith and Pocahontas.
Werowocomoco was the capital of the Powhatan paramount chiefdom, where the English colonists met with the Indian leader several times in the early 17th century. Learn about the history, archaeology and significance of this ancient site on the York River.
Virginia's Gloucester once held a king. One of the dwellings of grim old Powhatan was upon a bend of the York, the lovely Werowocomoco, whose curved shores are gay with riotous wild grape-vines and glossy bamboo. The great stone chimney of this kingly wigwam defied cold and heat for over two hundred years. A short time ago it fell.
Werowocomoco was an important Powhatan Indian town before Jamestown, and is now part of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Learn about its history, archaeology, and conservation status, and explore it virtually with Google Street View.
