, 0 2 5 ▁years ▁old . ▁This ▁ancient ▁can oe ▁is ▁on ▁display ▁at ▁the ▁Native ▁American ▁Resource ▁Center ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁North ▁Carolina ▁at ▁P embro ke . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁arch ae ological ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁L umber ▁River ▁region ▁has ▁been ▁done ▁in ▁Rob es on ▁County . ▁ ▁A ▁total ▁of ▁ 4 2 9 ▁arch ae ological ▁sites ▁have ▁been ▁recorded ▁in ▁this ▁area . ▁ ▁The ▁sites ▁contain ▁components ▁from ▁various ▁arch ae ological ▁periods : ▁Pale o - Ind ian , ▁Arch a ic ▁Wood land , ▁Mississ ipp ian ▁and ▁Historic ▁( after ▁European ▁encounter ). ▁ ▁I ro qu o ian , ▁Si ou an , ▁and ▁Carolina ▁Alg on qu ian - spe aking ▁pe op les ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁historic ▁tribes ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁coast al ▁and ▁in land ▁region ▁prior ▁to ▁European ▁encounter . ▁Ar che olog ists ▁have ▁identified ▁ 4 7 ▁sites ▁of ▁potential ▁importance , ▁ 2 0 ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁inclusion ▁in ▁ ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places . ▁ ▁E igh teenth ▁century ▁▁ ▁Early ▁English ▁survey ors ▁named ▁the ▁river ▁" D row ning ▁Creek ." ▁In ▁ 1 7 4 9 , ▁British ▁colonial ▁records ▁identified ▁the ▁river ▁as ▁a ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Little ▁P ee ▁De e ▁River . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 9 , ▁the ▁North ▁Carolina ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁changed ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁to ▁L umber , ▁most ▁likely