AMSTERDAM—The Dutch are known worldwide for their wooden shoes, but the recent rare discovery of a 500-year-old one in the city of Alkmaar has shown just how widespread their use once was.
“It was found in a cesspit in an urban surrounding. So this is very special, because with wooden shoes you always think of farmers using wooden shoes during their work,” archaeologist Silke Lange told Reuters.
“But actually this was found in an urban context. They were using this kind of footwear for daily use.”
The wooden shoe was found in a cesspit that was discovered last month during construction of an underground waste container in Alkmaar, around 18.6 miles northwest of Amsterdam....
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