Digging Up The Past At First Church In Roxbury

The First Church in Roxbury sits on a beautiful 3-acre site lined with blooming trees and green lawns.

It's home of the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in the heart of the vibrant, thriving neighborhood off Malcolm X Boulevard.

It was also once on the outskirts of a Native American village.

City archaeologist Joe Bagley and a team of volunteers are excavating the site for clues about the people who lived there and passed through.

They're finding a host of artifacts in their digs — some that may date back more than 3,000 years.

Joe Bagley, Boston city archaeologist. He tweets @BostonArchaeo.