Hello, I'm a new subscriber to the HISTARCH list. My interest is in leather artifacts, particularly footwear, dating from circa 1600 to 1800, as well as tools and other artifacts relating to the manufacture of leather goods (shoemakers' tools, lasts, etc.) of the pre-industrial period. I am not a professional archaeologist and so it's a bit of a challenge for me to keep abreast of recent discoveries. I have dug through past issues of the relevant American and British journals, but wonder how much more has been found but remains unpublished. I would be grateful for notification of any such past or current finds and would be happy to assist in the identification of same. 

J. Donovan Moore
Plimoth Plantation
[log in to unmask]