A Bead Too Far: Rethinking Global Connections Before Columbus

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Robotbeat · 4m ago

Seems plausible to me that beads could’ve reached the Americas before Columbus, although the dates seem AWFULLY close to Columbus. Error bars on measurements like this seem like they almost certainly overlap 1492. +/- 30 years (or more) seems pretty typical for that age of sample. https://radiocarbon.pl/en/uncertainty-of-radiocarbon-date/

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A Bead Too Far: Rethinking Global Connections Before Columbus

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