Growth and Decline of the Plymouth Colony

Finding of the Plymouth Colony has been one of the vital excavations by the archaeologists and still now researchers are keen to discover some new information regarding the first European settlers. A group from the many ominous Universities found out the relics from this derivative hermit of pilgrims who from the beginning settled in this colony of 1620.

Some archaeologists and their team in there several excavations came to the fact that this colony has a long tradition of cultural reminiscence. Many artifacts were digged out during frequent excavations that took place during since 18^th to 20^th century. The place was also encountered as a tourist spot. Hence, it could be concluded from the sources that were discovered that Plymouth Colony was a affluent town since its very first habitation.

Venturing for this discovery was not an easy task. The archaeologists really had to struggle hard to find out the first settlement of this Colony. It was discovered that the early residents of Plymouth did not use houses made from stone or bricks rather they built their homes by digging holes and planting stakes in the ground. When the researchers found the kind of soil stains, coupled with musket balls, pottery and other artifacts proving this fact and also that these would have been used by the colonizers and not the indigenous people.

A 17^th century calf, also known as Constance by the archaeologists, helped to confirm the findings. They discovered the remains of this place inside the confines of a kind of a settlement and they also figured out that the native might not have used cows for domestic purposes as confirmed through the investigation.

It was found that the original Plymouth settlement in the 17^th century seemed to built on an even older Wamoanoag tribe settlement whose residents had perished before the arrival of pilgrims. The team continued to find several other objects from the tribes, including a stone workshop that confirmed the existence of 1620 Plymouth Colony.

It is further confirmed that the emigrants in this settlement were successful to focus on building a convenient habitat for themselves instead of spending time and energy only in gathering resources to protect themselves from foreign attacks. They were taught to grow corn, which came out as their staple crop. They were also taught how and where to hunt fish and beaver. Though it is understood that Plymouth cannot become a pioneering economic country as other settlements and colonies. Still tropical living made the colony prosperous and fit for habitation within the five years of its discovery.

Many excavations have been carried on that confirmed the existence of native. It is said that it’s a testament to the thousands of years of repeated occupation before it was considered as a European settlement.

The Plymouth Colony was regarded as the self-dependent colony being nurtured by a common religious belief that has led to the flourishing its economic condition. Yet the initial know how was regarded as the stepping stone for several other hamlets.