Ice skates made from animal bones were used in Europe for millennia
before metal-bladed skates were invented. Bronze Age archaeological
sites have yielded thousands of examples. 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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