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Cannibalism had been reported at Jamestown, but until recently, it had been unconfirmed.
The proof comes in the form of fragments of a skeleton of a girl, about age 14, found in a cellar full of debris in the fort on the James River that sheltered the starving colonists. The skull, lower jaw and leg bone — all that remain — have the telltale marks of an ax or cleaver and a knife.
The article raises the likelihood that her family had already perished by the time this happened.http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/skeleton-of-teenage-girl-confirms-cannibalism-at-jamestown-colony/2013/05/01/5af5b474-b1dc-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html
I don't think it should be left buried. This is very plausible and interesting. Jamestown is a good study on how a particular colony failed and why another one at the same time (Plymouth) survived and prospered. The British learned a lot from their mistakes in Jamestown. For one thing, and IMO the major reason it failed, was because the Jamestown colonists focused on immediate wealth rather than long-term sustainability.
