The fifth report in the series "Craft, Industry, and Everyday Life" describes finds in the northern English city relating to leather and leatherworking over about 600 years. It is the largest assemblage yet recovered from England, and its close dating makes it of national and international importance. Various contributors look at the sites and their dating, the nature of the assemblages, conservation, the craft and industry, leather in everyday life, and the wider geographical context.
Author(s): Quita Mould, Ian Carlisle, Esther Cameron
Series: The Archaeology of York. Volume 17: The Small Finds
Publisher: Council for British Archaeology
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 390
City: York
General Introduction 3185
Introduction to the sites and their dating by R.A. Hall, N.F. Pearson and R. Finlayson 3187
The nature of the assemblages 3203
Conservation of the Leatherwork by J.A. Spriggs 3213
Craft and Industry 3222
The surviving evidence 3222
The leatherworking trades 3222
Current documentary knowledge by Lisa Liddy 3222
The street-name evidence by Gillian Fellows-Jensen 3226
The physical evidence 3227
Environmental evidence by Allan Hall and Harry Kenward 3230
The osteological evidence by T. P. O’Connor 3231
The leatherworking tools recovered by Patrick Ottaway and Carole A. Morris 3235
The waste leather with a contribution by Ailsa Mainman 3245
The craft of the leatherworker 3256
The shoe-maker 3256
Shoe construction with a contribution by Penelope Walton Rogers 3256
The sheath- and scabbard-maker 3261
Decorative techniques employed on leather 3262
Teeth marks 3264
Types of leather used 3265
Conclusion 3267
Everyday Life 3268
Introduction 3268
Shoes 3268
Constructions 3268
Anglo-Scandinavian styles 3274
Medieval styles 3312
Sizes 3336
Decoration with a contribution by Penelope Walton Rogers 3340
Refurbishment and repair 3346
Foot pathologies 3351
Sheaths and scabbards with a contribution by John A. Goodall 3354
Other leather objects 3392
Wealth and status reflected in the leather from York 3415
The Wider Picture 3418
Anglo-Scandinavian and medieval leather found at York 3418
Comparable assemblages from elsewhere in Britain 3426
Possible cultural influences 3428
International relations by Carol van Driel-Murray 3431
The significance of the York assemblage by R.A. Hall 3436
Catalogue 3439
Appendix: Quantifications of shoes of each style 3533
