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Henry Towne demands more research

A group of Virginia historians and an Army archaeologist say more research is needed before anyone can determine for sure that an early 17th-century settlement known as Henry Towne ever existed.
A Fort Eustis spokeswoman said Friday that Randy Amici, the Army's lead archaeologist for Fort Eustis on the Peninsula and Fort Story in Virginia Beach, has been at the center of the possible Henry Towne discovery and will continue to participate in that research.

"When I asked how long would it take, I was told years and maybe decades," spokeswoman Cindy Your said. "So, not any time soon."

Amici said the settlement was established as early as 1610--three years after Jamestown--at or near Baylake Pines, a neighborhood off Shore Drive near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia Beach.

Colonial Williamsburg's former chief archaeologist Ivor Noel Hume remains unconvinced but agreed that the historical documents "need to be looked at a lot more carefully."
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