Re: “Officials: Archaeological consultant on Fluvanna water project falsifies resume,” The Daily Progress, Sept. 29:
I am not sure which is more disturbing: the vigorous defense by the James River Water Authority of its consultant or its apparent failure to verify her credentials for overseeing the disturbance of one of the Monacan Indians’ most important sites as it plans to locate a water intake station there on the James River.
Rassawek is well known. This Indian village was first noted in recorded history by Cap. James Smith as located at the confluence of the Rivanna and the James rivers (approximately at the Town of Columbia). It also is known as Point of Fork, which played a role in the Revolutionary War.
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