Yes, but if we want to go for "firsts", the Alaskan bronzes [1] predate even that. The academically interesting part of this isn't the Bering Strait connection,

Yes, but if we want to go for "firsts", the Alaskan bronzes [1] predate even that. The academically interesting part of this isn't the Bering Strait connection, but instead what it tells us about the extent of Eurasian trade networks. [1] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.021