One Jamestown building or house (whose brick foundations were discovered
in 1955) appears to have been used for malting and brewing beer and ale,
or carrying out some activity requiring distillation. A few pieces of
lead were found which may have been part of a lead cistern for holding
barley. The three brick ovens that were uncovered may have been used
as drying kilns. A handle from a copper kettle was found near one of the
ovens, and pieces of copper and lead pipes were unearthed not far from
the building. The structure itself appears to have been used between
1625 and 1660.
[Illustration: SPINNING THREAD OR YARN AND WEAVING CLOTH WERE ENDLESS
CHORES FOR THE WOMEN LIVING IN THE SMALL WILDERNESS SETTLEMENT.
(Conjectural sketch by Sidney E. King.)]
[Illustration: BREWING BEER AT JAMESTOWN. (Conjectural sketch by Sidney
E. King.)]