Gizmodo

Found in Alaska, These Blue Beads Could Be the Oldest Evidence of European Goods in North America

European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the pre-colonial period of North America, in what is an intriguing archaeological discovery.
CNN

These blue beads found in Alaska may be the first European items in North America

Christopher Columbus may have sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but some tiny blue beads beat him to it, reaching North America a few decades sooner, to become possibly the earliest European-made objects ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Are Venetian blue beads found in the Alaskan tundra the first US import from Europe?

Glass beads the size of blueberries found by archaeologists in a Brooks Range house-pit might be the first European item ever to arrive in North America, predating the arrival of Columbus by a few ...
Sydney Morning Herald

Blue beads, a cap, a cup … How everyday objects can generate joy – and heartbreak

This story is part of the August 19 Edition of Good Weekend. See all stories. I’ve lost my blue glass beads and I miss them. The beads were a souvenir of a few days in a lakeside Italian town, but ...
CNN

These blue beads found in Alaska may be the first European items in North America

Christopher Columbus may have sailed the ocean blue in 1492, but some tiny blue beads beat him to it, reaching North America a few decades sooner, to become possibly the earliest European-made objects ...