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Builders Began Digging for a New Development—and Accidentally Found an Ancient Lost Village

created: Jan. 10, 2026, 1:30 p.m. | updated: Jan. 15, 2026, 1:17 p.m.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:A development project on a North Carolina intercoastal waterway was paused when construction crews found bones. A subsequent archaeological dig at the site turned up over 2,000 artifacts, including remnants of longhouses and evidence of a Native American village. The location has turned into a political debate, with the modern housing project at odds with the historical nature of the site. That’s definitely been the case in North Carolina, as the builders of the new Bridge View neighborhood along the intercostal waterway near Cedar Point uncovered ancient bones while trying to construct a new housing development. But as archeologists took over the site, they uncovered an additional 2,000 artifacts, including evidence of longhouses, fish drying racks, and ritual sites that all point to an early Native American village.

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