Posted on 12/10/2018 5:22:36 AM PST by vannrox
During the construction of London's massive "super sewer," archaeologists discovered something unusual in the mud: a 500-year-old skeleton of a man still wearing his thigh-high leather boots.
The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) announced this week that the skeleton was unearthed on the shores of the Thames, near a bend in the river downstream from the Tower of London.
"By studying the boots, we've been able to gain a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a man who lived as many as 500 years ago," said Beth Richardson, a finds specialist who analyzes artifacts at MOLA Headland, a consortium of archaeologists. "They have helped us to better understand how he may have made his living in hazardous and difficult conditions, but also how he may have died. It has been a privilege to be able to study something so rare and so personal." [See Photos of the Skeleton Wearing Boots]
The blackened boots had some custom features: They were reinforced with extra soles and stuffed with a mossy material, perhaps for warmth or a better fit. Based on the boot style, the researchers think this man died in the late 15th or early 16th century.
The boots are also an indication that the man's burial wasn't an intentional one; leather boots
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Heads up
He had his waders on?
Madonna?
Zoltar?
researchers are many times wrong because they don’t consider things like the man could have been wearing a costume for some occasion, not necessarily wearing boots of the current time he was living in. Or maybe he liked a certain style and was wearing them even though not in fashion. Reporters are just as bad usually pushing one angle instead of just reporting details or what is obvious and letting people form their own conclusion or opinion.
Sounds like was fabulous
Boots that big have a high armor class. Must have been a magic attack.
Thigh high leather boots? Not Madonna.. maybe a distant relative to Rick James? .. Its Rick James great great great great great grampa Dammit !
His name is Nigel...
“During the construction of London’s massive “super sewer,””
The House of Commons is 500 years old ?
I learned something new !
Like Nancy Sinatra?
More likely his “Boots were made for walking and that’s what he’s gonna do”...
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I recall a Gary Larson "Far Side" cartoon with two panels. On the first panel you have a circled group of covered wagons and a crowd of nervous-looking people, listening to one of their number as he says, "There's no need to worry ... they only attack to the sound of the drums!" Then, in the second panel, you see a bunch of armed and frowning natives, standing around a drummer who has just beaten a huge hole into the side of his drum.
Yes, he died he wanted to: with his boots on.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/how-many-styles-of-boots-were-made.135905/
Here's some of the various styles.
Maybe he was a sewer-scavenger in his lifetime.
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