This page contains PowerPoints and Transcripts of a two-part class on Iron Age and Early Medieval one-piece shoes from Europe. Feel free to contact me at farolfus@gmail.com for additional information on content or source materials but please do not reproduce text or images without permission.
These materials were last updated on Feb. 20, 2021.
Out of the Bog: Part 1
History and Context
Click here to download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation. A transcript of the presentation is here. Digital map site is available here.
Sources for additional reading:
Margrethe Hald, Primitive Shoes
Marquita Volken, Archaeological Footwear
A.T. Lucas, Footwear in Ireland
Check out reconstructions of historic shoes by Martin Moser and Pictavia Leather.
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