A cave in Spain was the site of a find by miners of prehistoric shoes dating back 6,200 years and other woven objects dating back 9,500 years, according to a new study in Science Advances.
What may have been the oldest pair of shoes in Europe were discovered in a cave in Spain and are now thought to be much older than scientists previously thought. About 20 pairs of the sandals are at least 6,200 years old — and possibly older — while other woven objects in the cave are dated back 9,500 years, according to a new study by scientists. The shoes measured around 20.5cm — or a little over 8 inches.
Said Francisco Martínez Sevilla, a researcher at the Prehistory Department of UAH, 'These are the earliest and widest-ranging assemblage of prehistoric footwear, both in the Iberian Peninsula and in Europe, unparalleled at other latitudes,' as SWNS, the British news service, reported. The discovery is 'a window of opportunity to understanding the last hunter-gatherer societies of the early Holocene.
The bat cave opens on the right side of the Barranco de las Angosturas, at an altitude of 450 meters above sea level and about seven kilometers from the current coastline. It is one of the most emblematic prehistoric archeological sites of the Iberian Peninsula due to the rare preservation of organic materials, SWNS also said.
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