# No; the material was left by later English traders or settlers, or is too disturbed to date.

> Still possible: No; the material was left by later English traders or settlers, or is too disturbed to date.

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# No; the material was left by later English traders or settlers, or is too disturbed to date.

No; the material was left by later English traders or settlers, or is too disturbed to date.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- English material mixed with later artifacts in ploughed soil.

## What would rule it out

- A sealed late 16th-century context.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Charles Ewen judged the team to be seeking to prove rather than test its theory.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCHC65M1C/charles-ewen-judged-the-team-to-be-seeking-to-prove-rather)

Speculative

FOR

[No fort or Elizabethan homestead found; soil ploughed by later farmers; no sealed context yet.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCH4C3STF/no-fort-or-elizabethan-homestead-found-soil-ploughed-by)

Supported

FOR

## The questions it answers

[Are Sites X and Y on the Chowan River the colonists' settlement?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/questions/QST0CQCC7KP2Q3X/are-sites-x-and-y-on-the-chowan-river-the-colonists)

Open3 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No; the material was left by later English traders or settlers, or is too disturbed to date. [Answer ANS0CQCCGWJ4S3W]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CQCCGWJ4S3W
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**ANS** 0CQCCGWJ4S3W

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