Old World metals traded on Alaska coast hundreds of years before contact with Europeans
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 09:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Two leaded bronze artifacts found in northwestern Alaska are the first evidence that metal from Asia reached prehistoric North America prior to contact with Europeans, according to new Purdue University research. “This is not a surprise based on oral history and other archaeological finds, and it was just a matter of time before we had […]