The world's oldest sandals

It is a pair of woven sandals woven from the sage bark, discovered in the prehistoric rock cave Fort Rock (in central Oregon, USA). Its life expectancy is estimated at 9,300 years.

Luther Cressman, an archaeologist at the University of Oregon, USA, found the 9,000-year-old ' fashion ' specimen at Fort Rock Cave, half a mile east of the famous Fort Rock Crater. (Fort Rock Basin - the area adjacent to the northwest of the Great Basin, a vast desert between the overlapping mountains of North America).

Dozens of pairs of identical barked sandals appear under the lava ash in turn - this helps Cressnab estimate their world existence starting from the Mazama volcano erupted 7,500 years ago.

The design style of Fort Rock sandals is not much different from today. From the heel up to the middle of the soles of the feet is 5 straight braided lines with big rope, the other half is shortened by countless smaller braided noses, tight and tight. The cords that cross from side to side can wrap into the ankle and adjust the fluid - tight depending on the user.

The sandals were discovered at Fort Rock cave about 10,500 - 9,500 years old.(Photo: Uoregon).

In addition to Fort Rock Cave, many of these 'elderly elders ' have been discovered in the Cougar Mountains and Catlow Cave (in the Great Basin Desert). Carbon C14 analysis showed that they began to appear on the earth at least 10,500 to 9,200 years ago.

It is known before the final conclusion from C14 carbon analysis, it was thought that the world's oldest sandals were a pair of leather sandals, discovered under thick snow in the Jotunheimen Mountains (Norway) in August. last year.

Analysis of skin samples from relics, approximate archaeologists whose sandals have a lifespan of about 3,400 years, meaning the Bronze Age, extending from 1800 to 1100 BC.

Knitting gas discovered at Catlow Cave dates 9300 years (Photo: Uoregon).

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