Posted: Jan 14, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 14
This shoe was found in the walls of a 190-year-old Acadian home. A Nova Scotia archeologist says the custom of concealing shoes was more common than people might think.(Ina Amirault)
An archeologist wants to learn more about historic construction in Nova Scotia and things like old shoes and superstitious markings can provide some clues.
Laura de Boer is a senior archeologist with the cultural resource management firm Davis MacIntyre and Associates, but in her spare time she s been working on a side project to find out more about the construction of Nova Scotia s heritage buildings, how they re framed and laid out, and some of the superstitious practices hidden within their walls.