worn for millennia across a large and environmentally diverse geographic region. According to Pinhasi, the Areni-1 shoe is similar to the Irish pampootie, a shoe style worn in the Aran Islands up to the 1950s. The shoes are very similar to the traditional shoes of the Balkans, still seen today in festivals, known as Opanci (Opanke). When the material was dated by the two radiocarbon laboratories in Oxford and California, it was established that the shoe dates back to 3,500 B.C. This date is some two hundred years older than the date given for the leather shoe found on Ötzi the Iceman. After having been treated for preservation, the Areni-1 shoe is on display at the History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan. See also Areni-1 winery References Copper Age Asia Archaeological artifacts Leather clothing Historical footwear 2008 archaeological discoveries Archaeology of Armenia Areni 4th-millennium BC works