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remains unpublished.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