Cave of a Thousand Shoes | Tiny Lectures with Dr. Steve Nash

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[@rosetownstumpcity]

very interesting, i love this channel

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[@WWZenaDo]

Thank you for posting this video. Considering the amount of effort that went into making a pair of sandals, I'm surprised that sandals weren't passed down to the next generation, if there was some mileage left in them.

[@deborahmelo7993]

Great video!

[@cynthiarowley719]

More than one pair of sandals per person. Walk to a cave in the rain, take them off to dry, use a different pair. Maybe

[@penguinista]

That is an interesting thought!

[@sweetpea17]

Well the prices were so cheap then and malls were so accessable. I'm sure they carried extra cloths for a quick change as well. I'm hoping you were being sarcastic.

[@dominadors4795]

@@sweetpea17 not if they didn't have their OWN individual sandals, and had a kind of " same size fits most" situation...I think more likely some kind of symbolic thing though but who knows.....or maybe a " winter shoe / summer shoe" deal.

[@markditz6282]

I think you find an abundance of them in caves, because caves preserve them. Otherwise you wouldn't find them at all. Outside the cave they would have deteriorated away by the elements. Also caves often provided shelter. Where better to leave your shoes than at home. Looking for some deep hidden spiritual meaning as to why they are found in caves I think is ludicrous!

[@MarkJonesisjustaman]

My assumption is that footwear wore out most frequently. They would have been replaced most often.

[@errolshervey565]

Cool find but I'm thinking they're just refuse. New shoes would be made in a shelter, pitch the old in the back out of the way. Same concept as using pits at the back of caves for a toilet (New Mexico?).

[@liarspeaksthetruth]

Thanks for the short survey of the variety of footwear. I'd be fascinated to see comparisons between early shoes in the Americas and Aremnian finds. I'm so curious if/show shoe technology evolved (because our shoes honestly don't seem that much different). As for why so many shoes in a cave? It's the driest place to keep your shoes. Or maybe it was a prehistoric Imelda Marcos and someone just really really loved shoes. Or maybe it was a shoe factory? Or a shoe store?

[@ArchaeologyNow]

To be honest, we're now thinking about how to make more shoe videos! Stay tuned and subscribe!

[@thijsjong]

You take shelter in a cave when it rains or the weather is bad. So you ve got an hour to spare. You try to repair your sandals. The result is disappointing so you leave them there. Going of barefoot or you have spares. Seems more likely than a offering to the gods.

[@hocuspocus123]

I love shoes... If they are like me one pair won't do 😁

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Ahhhhhhhh! A fellow traveler!

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

I wonder, what would be the difference between a Museum of Science, a Museum of Nature and a Museum of Nature and Science? I suppose a Museum of Science would have more astronomy, physcis and chemistry while a Museum of Nature would be more Biology, Life Sciences and maybe geology, if you include fossilised life forms? I don't usually muse to myself like this, honestly! {:-:-:}

[@Wertsir]

Fine, I get it, I’ll clean out the walk in closet. Jeez.

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Bwahaha

[@nicholasrebel9021]

Please consider removing the background music, I find it so distracting that I cannot get full enjoyment from the actual content of the videos.

[@ArchaeologyNow]

Thank you for your feedback. We will try turning down the volume a bit.

[@sweetpea17]

It just doesn't seem plausible that anyone would leave a serviceable pair of shoes as like someone else pointed out the amount of effort it took to produce them at that time. What would the owners wear once they left...unless they never left and they were sacrificed to the underground dwellers. Just as plausible considering there's no evidence of anything. Where's the bones or hair. Hair is fibrous and would last as long as shoes. Just saying.