Credit: Jeremy Foin/University of California, Davis
According to Purdue University researchers, Cape Espenberg on the
northwestern coast of Alaska has yielded two objects made of metal that
was originally sourced from the Old World, specifically Eurasia. This
particular Alaskan area on the Seward Peninsula was inhabited by the
Thule people, who are considered as the ancestors of all modern Inuit.
Their culture was originally pronounced around the Bering Strait (circa
200 BC), but migrations led to their spreading westward even to
Greenland by 1300 AD. As for the objects in question here, the two items
pertain to a cylindrical bead and a fragment of a small buckle
strap-guide.
