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[-] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

some groups had access to copper and bronze, but none had iron

There were a group on the Washington coast that work with iron that washed up from old japanense shipwrecks before any contact of Europeans.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Isn't Washington coast on the east side of the continent?

[-] Ratio_Tile 3 points 1 week ago

Washington state. The one above California.

[-] iocase@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

There are also a few Inuit groups who made knives for centuries from a metallic meteorite that landed in the arctic circle.

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