Antique Footwear -- Comfort Beats Glam

I am assuming they have carbon dated some of the material found inside the shoe to come to that date? I haven't read a serious article about this shoe yet, only 'ha-ha' snippets. There is footwear in existance that is as old, just not in an enclosed, moccasin style. The oldest extant footwear are sandals from the Anasazi of the Southwestern U.S.

Problem is, this shoe is stylistically very much like late Roman to Middle Ages style footwear (c. 300 - 1000 A.D.) worn throughout northern and Eastern Europe, so I hope they aren't guessing at the age but have actually come up with some scientific proof to that dating.
 
Jonathan - glad to see you weigh in on this. You were the first person I thought of when I read about this discovery.

Here's a slightly more in depth article about the shoe

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127627752

Two things I find interesting - first, it seems large for a VERY vintage woman's shoe - as we all know too well, women's feet have grown larger over the past few decades.

Second, I love that this discovery is an extreme example of why I love vintage - there is so much sociological and situational information to be found in an older piece.

I'll be watching for more developments in this story.
 
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