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But in fact Roger Williams's statement does enable a fairly precise localization: He states that the place was "a little island, between Puttaquomscut and Mishquomacuk on the sea and fresh water side", and that it was near Sugar Loaf Hill. This means it was:
*between the [[Pettaquamscutt River|Pettaquamscutt]] (or Narrow) river to the east, and the present town of [[Westerly, Rhode Island|Westerly]] to the west (the "sea side" and "fresh water side" being with reference to the land on the eastern side of the Narrow river and [[Point Judith Pond]]);
*to the north of Point Judith Pond (where Sugar Loaf Hill is located).
This suggests that the original Narragansett homeland was identified by 17th-century natives as being a little island located near the northern edge of
And in fact, in 1987, while conducting a survey for a development company, archaeologists from [[Rhode Island College]] discovered the remains of an Indian village on the northern edge of Point Judith Pond, near to the place that Roger Williams had indicated. The site is now known as the Salt Pond Archaeological Site or site RI 110. Excavations revealed the remains of a coastal village from the [[Woodland period#Late Woodland period (500–1000 CE)|Late Woodland period]], inhabited between about 1100 and 1300 A.D. Human burials were found, as well as evidence of houses and other structures, cooking and food storage places, and a range of artifacts. The find turned out to be an important one, because no other Native American coastal village has ever been found in the Northeastern United States.<ref>Elizabeth Abbott, [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/realestate/commercial/07indian.html "Ancient Indian Village in Rhode Island Pits Preservation Against Property Rights"], ''The New York Times'', April 6, 2010.</ref> A documentary film about the site was sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, with support from the Federal Highway Administration, and aired on Rhode Island PBS in November 2015. Excerpts can be seen on [https://vimeo.com/160483127 Vimeo].<ref>[http://rhodeislandpbs.blogspot.com/2015/10/woven-in-time-narragansett-salt-pond.html ''Woven in Time: The Narragansett Salt Pond Preserve''], Rhode Island PBS, series "Rhode Island Stories", first aired 22 November 2015.</ref>
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