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The Lost Colony and Jamestown droughts
David W. Stahle, Malcolm K. Cleaveland, Dennis B. Blanton et al., 1998. Science 280(5363), 564–567.
Bald cypress tree rings from south-east Virginia show that the colony disappeared during the most extreme drought in 800 years (1587–1589), and that the worst of Jamestown's mortality fell in the driest seven years in 770 (1606–1612).
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The one peer-reviewed scientific result directly about the colony's circumstances.
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Stahle, D. W., Cleaveland, M. K., Blanton, D. B., Therrell, M. D., & Gay, D. A. (1998). The Lost Colony and Jamestown droughts. Science 280(5363), 564–567. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5363.564
@article{stahle1998droughts,
author = {Stahle, David W. and Cleaveland, Malcolm K. and Blanton, Dennis B. and Therrell, Matthew D. and Gay, David A.},
title = {The Lost Colony and Jamestown droughts},
journal = {Science 280(5363), 564–567},
year = {1998},
doi = {10.1126/science.280.5363.564},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5363.564}
}TY - JOUR TI - The Lost Colony and Jamestown droughts AU - Stahle, David W. AU - Cleaveland, Malcolm K. AU - Blanton, Dennis B. AU - Therrell, Matthew D. AU - Gay, David A. PY - 1998 JO - Science 280(5363), 564–567 DO - 10.1126/science.280.5363.564 UR - https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5363.564 ER -
Stahle, David W. et al.. “The Lost Colony and Jamestown droughts.” Science 280(5363), 564–567 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.280.5363.564.