The artifact, likely made from horse bone, would have helped medieval people get around during the winter months.
Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable medieval artifact: an ice skate made from animal bone, produced around 1,000 years ago.Radio Prague International reported that the object was uncovered during excavations in the center of Přerov, a city in the Czech Republic's Moravia region.Experts from the Comenius Museum in Přerov were in the midst of a rescue dig in the basement of a house located on the city's Upper Square when they came across the bone skate while sifting through soil.
On one side, it is curved into a tip which has a hole drilled in it and there is another hole at the back. They were used to thread a strap through, which was used to attach the skate to a shoe or to a wooden sledge,' Schenk said.According to Schenk, the people who used this item around 1,000 years ago did not use the blades for sports or leisure but simply to get around in the frigid winter months.
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