The Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal Beer and Eels and the rest of ‘The First Thanksgiving’ fable Archaeologists who have dug through Plymouth’s remains say there is no evidence (that is, turkey bones) of such birds having been consumed there until well after 1621, according to University of Virginia professor and archaeologist Jim Deetz. http://service.meltwaternews.com/mnews/redirect.html?docId=2484156545&userId=1676096&cId=461430&agentId=622379&type=2&s=61566&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mdjonline.com%2Fview%2Ffull_story%2F20911167%2Farticle-Beer-and-Eels-and-the-rest-of-%25E2%2580%2598The-First-Thanksgiving%25E2%2580%2599-fable%3Finstance%3Dsecondary_story_left_column