Skates Made of Bone

Skates Made of Bone
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 195
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ISBN-10 : 9781476673905
ISBN-13 : 147667390X
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Book Synopsis Skates Made of Bone by : B.A. Thurber

Download or read book Skates Made of Bone written by B.A. Thurber and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ice skates made from animal bones were used in Europe for millennia before metal-bladed skates were invented. Archaeological sites have yielded thousands of examples, some of them dating to the Bronze Age. They are often mentioned in popular books on the Vikings and sometimes appear in children's literature. Even after metal skates became the norm, people in rural areas continued to use bone skates into the early 1970s. Today, bone skates help scientists and re-enactors understand migrations and interactions among ancient peoples. This book explains how to make and use them and chronicles their history, from their likely invention in the Eurasian steppes to their disappearance in the modern era.


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