# No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery.

> No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery.

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# No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery.

No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The colonists moved about fifty miles west to the Albemarle Sound and Chowan River and settled in dispersed…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/answers/ANS0CQCC9AC0EJH/the-colonists-moved-about-fifty-miles-west-to-the-albemarle)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No sealed 16th-century context or structure; ploughed soil; later traders could have left the pottery. [Evidence EVD0CQCCA9M6AZ8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CQCCA9M6AZ8
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