There’s something buried in Sea Pines that archaeologists say is more than 4,000 years old — and it has long stumped them. Known as an Indian shell ring and located in the Sea Pines Forest Preserve, ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (WTOC) - Tucked inside the Sea Pines Forest Preserve is a mound of shells that stretches around 150 feet in a circle. The ancient shell ring dates back thousands of years. "At 4 ...

The 4,000-year-old Indian shell ring buried in Sea Pines will be excavated for the third time by researchers from Binghamton University beginning Monday — but this dig might be their last. It also ...

Mollusk shells at 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages indicate that environmental change may have driven the formation and abandonment of these coastal communities, according to a new ...

Binghamton University archaeology students Dylan Davis and Chelsea Cunico remove sand used to cover the site of last year's dig at the center of the Native American shell ring in the Sea Pines Forest ...