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2,400-year-old esparto grass sandals show Iron Age miners used the same footwear for 400 years

Ancient miners in southwestern Spain wore sandals made from esparto grass for more than 400 years, a new study shows...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/2400...
2,400-year-old esparto grass sandals show Iron Age miners used the same footwear for 400 years
July 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
crisp91.bsky.social
Ancient miners in Spain wore woven esparto grass sandals for over 400 years, from the Iron Age into Roman times. Eight well-preserved soles reveal skilled craftsmanship, heavy use, and remarkable continuity in mining life 2,400 years ago.
2,400-year-old esparto grass sandals show Iron Age miners used the same footwear for 400 years | Archaeology News Online Magazine
2,400-year-old esparto grass sandals from Spain reveal centuries of mining work and skilled craftsmanship from the Iron Age to Rome.
archaeologymag.com
July 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
mrdaltonico.bsky.social
— Vaya chanclas más feas llevas Leónidas, ¿de qué están hechas?
— ¡¡ESTO ES ESPARTO!!
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
mejugenia.bsky.social
Gracias por contarlo.
También se hacen así zapatos en Elche, vestidos de novia y comunión en Zarandona y alrededores (Murcia) y suelas de esparto en Cehegín (también Murcia).
September 10, 2026 at 5:49 AM
evocid.bsky.social
No confundir 🧐
This is Sparta/This is esparto.
September 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
townsusa.bsky.social
Esparto, California
Population: 3,783
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esparto,_California
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January 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
alisonfisk.bsky.social
WOW, these baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯

Look like they were made yesterday rather than by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic!

Made of esparto grass, they were found inside the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of bats), Spain.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo shows three small baskets woven from esparto grass. They have been radio-carbon dated to the Mesolithic period some 9,500 years ago. Dimensions: Left basket: Height = 10.7 cm; Diameter = 7.2 cm Central basket Height = 9.4 cm, Diameter = 6.5cm Right basket: Height = 13.5 cm; Diameter = 8.6 cm The exceptional preservation of the baskets is due to “The unique conditions for the preservation of organic material in the cave are related to the null humidity resulting from the geological character of the cave. Moreover, a dry wind current is generated by the prevailing climate in the area, and the north-south direction and narrow and deep morphology of the Angosturas gorge channel the wind toward the cave, through the narrow upper entrance. The wind cools as it travels through the cave, increasing in speed; it is cold as it exits through another narrow entrance located in the lower part of the shelter. The lack of prevailing humidity in the area and the circulation of wind in the cave as it cools and dries prevent the proliferation of bacteria, increasing the amount and diversity of preserved perishable material at the site.” Quote from the research article: ‘The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol)’
April 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
aljazeera.com
Video shows a fireworks warehouse in Esparto, California, exploding and catching fire. Authorities set a 1.6km evacuation zone as fireworks kept going off.
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
loreandordure.com
I may accidentally have bought some books…
Two bound volumes of Punch magazines, Jan-June 1915 and 1916, two volumes in very tatty gilded bindings titled The National Gallery Vol I and Vol II, and a blue hardcover book rather cryptically titled Esparto Paper.
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
lightliv.bsky.social
Renato Órdenes San Martín
Via Instagram: "The blinding light of the inner magma @delphiangallery La luz cegadora del magma interior (2026) Watercolor on Esparto paper 300 gr 25×17,5 cm"
February 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
martamedinadelv.bsky.social
Mazón: "Yo entiendo que estéis haciendo vuestro trabajo y que es incómodo, pero estamos en una exposición muy importante, de Leonardo Da Vinci, 25 años". Hay que tenerlos de esparto, los huevos, el corazón y el cerebro.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
pressfreedomtracker.us
Update: A misdemeanor charge was dropped Oct. 2 against Richard Grant, a photo intern for @sfchronicle.com who was arrested in July while documenting the site of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California.
Photojournalist arrested while covering scene of Northern California fire
Photojournalist Richard Grant was arrested while taking photos of the aftermath of a fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto, California, on …
pressfreedomtracker.us
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
prehistoryrmo.bsky.social
Rare and beautiful example of Mesolithic basketry from Halfah grass (Esparto), 8000 BCE. Note the intricate pattern in the weave. Cueva de los Murciélagos, Albuñol, Granada 🇪🇸 (Museo Arquelogico Nacional). On display in the magnificent Schamanin exh. @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social #FindsFriday
July 24, 2026 at 12:27 PM
sardonicus.eu
Men unloading esparto grass from barges at a wharf on the River Thames, 1938
photo london in the background in the foreground men throw grass bales from a ship
August 8, 2024 at 9:16 AM
sardonicus.eu
'A group of men unload esparto grass from barges at a wharf near Lambeth on the River Thames, 1938'

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
January 29, 2024 at 11:55 AM
loreandordure.com
The Esparto Paper book is more surprising and arguably (to me anyway) more interesting: it’s a bound book of paper samples from 1956. It is mostly unprinted with occasional example printed pages.
Inner title page printed: ESPARTO PAPER Presented by THE ASSOCIATION OF MAKERS OF ESPARTO PAPERS NEWMAN NEAME 1956 A fan spread of wove tinted papers. A short biography of Eric Gill printed on light pale cream paper. A short biography of Frederic Gouda printed on metallic gold paper.
October 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
trusket01.bsky.social
Y más inútil que un condón de esparto
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August 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
mejugenia.bsky.social
En el verano de mis 19 años, me regalaron un bolso con la base de esparto, de Versace, pero sin la etiqueta de Versace y hecho por la tía de mi compañera de despacho en su cochera, en Cehegín.
September 10, 2026 at 5:51 AM
alexny85.bsky.social
Ya os he hablado en alguna ocasión de los fabulosos hallazgos de la Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol). ¡Aquí, unas sandalias de esparto del Neolítico, perfectamente conservadas a pesar de sus más de 6000 años de antigüedad!

📷 Museo Arqueológico Nacional.
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
gaviotu.bsky.social
Estos son espartanos pero por tener el cerebro de esparto 🤣🤣
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
everylot-usps.bsky.social
ESPARTO: 16884 YOLO AVE, ESPARTO CA 95627-9998
Street View image of post office
September 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
anthropology.net
Eight 2,000+ year old sandals made of woven esparto grass came out of a Roman mining dump in Riotinto, Spain, some radiocarbon dated centuries apart, showing the same coiling technique barely changed over time. 🥾 #Archaeology #RomanHispania #Archaeometry www.anthropology.net/p/eight-roma...
Eight Roman-Era Esparto Sandals from a Riotinto Mining Furnace Dump
Radiocarbon dates on three of the soles span nearly four centuries, suggesting a coiled-sandal tradition that barely changed from the Iron Age into the imperial period
www.anthropology.net
July 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
plataica.com
"Mas viejo que las cholas de esparto", que me dice mi padre... 🤔
July 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
idnu.eurosky.social
Sutil, @alexizag.bsky.social es sutil como unas bragas de esparto.
June 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
mrinsustancial.bsky.social
-A ver, agricultor extremeño, apunte: tenéis que cobrar menos sueldo mínimo porque me sale a mí del chotis.
-Señorito Iván Díaz Ayuso, le recuerdo que Azarías le está esperando debajo de la encina para mostrarle la resistencia de las cuerdas de esparto.
-Gracias, siempre tan serviciales.
December 13, 2024 at 7:03 PM