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Update: A volunteer at the Mesa Verde museum pulled out a real 800 year old sandal and I just stood there
I was at Mesa Verde with my brother 3 weeks ago, mostly killing time in the museum while we waited for our tour slot. An older volunteer named Ray noticed me squinting at a display case and asked if I wanted to see something they keep in the back room. He came out holding a woven yucca sandal, around 800 years old, found in a alcove not far from where we were standing, and he just set it in my hands. I could see each twist of the cord and the worn spot under the heel where somebody's foot pressed for years. Ray said the craziest thing about it is that it looks exactly like a sandal you'd buy today, which is what got me. Somebody made that, wore it on the same dirt I was walking on, and now I was holding it. I've read about Ancestral Puebloan sites my whole life and it never landed like that until it was in my palms. Does anyone know if the park has more programs like this, or was Ray just doing me a solid?
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rowan_roberts495d ago
Did Ray say whether that sandal ever gets put on display, or does it just live in the back room for lucky visitors? That worn spot under the heel is the part I can't stop thinking about.
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