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VIDEO: Shell Rings Archaeology

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There is a place on the coast of South Carolina where some seemingly natural islands mark some of man's earliest settlements. Here within these large circular mounds made largely of oyster shells, people would gather seasonally for family visits, feasting and ceremonies. And the story of their lives is all there in the well-preserved layers of shell they left behind.