Over 200 leather shoes from the Middle Ages have been found in the Bjrvika neighborhood of Oslo, with estimates that the total will exceed a thousand. These shoes, aged between 600 and 700 years, include simple designs and ornate decorations, all showing signs of significant use. Archaeologists noted that more than 40 of the shoes are children's sizes, crafted to fit young feet but made using the same methods as adult shoes. The excavation site was once open water and has a rich history dating back to the city’s early years.
The shoes, between 600 and 700 years old, are hand-stitched from leather. Some of them are low and simple. Others have intricate patterns or elegant decorations.
We can see that they've developed holes, and that these have been repaired in various ways. We see the entire life cycle of the shoe.
More than 40 of the 227 shoes counted thus far, more than 40 are children's shoes. They were custom sown to fit a child's foot.
The Bjrvika neighborhood was open water on an inlet of the Oslofjord northwest of the mouth of the Alna River in the Middle Ages.
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