Stepping Through Time: Archaeological Footwear from Prehistoric Times Until 1800

Stepping Through Time: Archaeological Footwear from Prehistoric Times Until 1800

Author : Olaf Goubitz, Carol Van Driel-Murray, Willy Groenman-Van Waateringe

• Reprinted : 2011
• Measurements : 28,9 x 22,9 x 1,9 cm
• Pages number : 396 pages
• Paperback. Richly illustrated
• Language : English

For anyone studying shoemaking or fashion in history this book is an absolute masterwork.

Drawing on 25 years' experience as a conservator of leather, Goubitz presents a typological catalogue of footwear dating from 800-1800 AD. The study is based on Goubitz' analysis of an important assemblage of shoes recovered from excavations at Dordrecht in the Netherlands but the volume's aim is to offer guidance for the identification of shoes found on sites across north-western Europe.

In addition, contributions from van Driel-Murray and Groenman-van Waateringe examine evidence for shoe types in prehistoric Europe and the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire, periods which inevitably have left less evidence.

The fully illustrated catalogue follows a comprehensive discussion of shoes styles and technology including height standards, iconography, material, patterns, stitches, soles, the identification and dating of fragments and conservation. The volume should prove a useful tool for Roman and, especially, medieval historians and archaeologists.

In this book you will find a complete overview of medieval shoes from Olaf Goubitz. There are contributions of Carol van Driel-Murray on Roman shoes and from Willy Groenman-van Waatering on prehistoric shoes. You will find hundreds and hundreds of drawings and reconstructions and viarities. It is possible to make your own shoes, based on the reconstructions and drawings presented. The specialist finds a complete classification model for medieval shoes and will find it easy to classify his own finds.

ISBN-10: 9089320024
ISBN-13: 978-9089320025