From the website: Explore the Powhatan way of life in a re-created  village featuring reed-covered houses, crops and a ceremonial circle of  carved wooden posts. Learn about the world of Pocahontas, daughter of  Powhatan, powerful leader of 30-some  Algonquian-speaking tribes in coastal Virginia. 
 The Powhatan  Indian village is based on archaeological findings  at a site once inhabited by Paspahegh Indians, the Powhatan tribal group  closest to Jamestown, and descriptions recorded by English colonists.  
 Historical  interpreters discuss and demonstrate the Powhatan way of life.  They  grow and prepare food, process animal hides, make tools and pottery, and  weave natural fibers into cordage. Try your hand at  grinding corn, gardening or playing a game of corncob darts.
This part of the settlement was very interesting.  It was comical when we stepped inside their dwellings, because our reaction was "oh wow, this is so roomy...I could live in one of these!"  I'm pretty sure we would not have thought that before living in an RV. 
 
 





 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
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