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400-year-old European beads reveal Native American trade networks had “extensive reach” and predated first explorers, study says.
The glass beads uncovered in Africa do not only come from the well-known junk cargoes shipped by boat to be exchanged for slaves around the 18th century.
David M. Stothers, Timothy J. Abel, BEADS, BRASS, AND BEAVER: ARCHEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS OF PROTOHISTORIC "FIRE NATION" TRADE AND EXCHANGE, Archaeology of Eastern North America, Vol. 19 (Fall 1991), pp ...
400-year-old European beads reveal Native American trade networks had “extensive reach” and predated first explorers, study says.