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Footprints on the Past: Preliminary Observations of the Footwear from Vasa (2020)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Expressions of Social Space and Identity: Interior Furnishings and Clothing from the Swedish Warship Vasa of 1628." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Footwear preserves the physical imprint of the wearer, recording anthropometric data such as foot size, gait, and pathology. Prior to the 17th-century, it was also one of the first items of clothing produced in standardized sizes on an industrial scale. The Vasa...