Bones found inside floor of 16th century Dutch building in rare find: report

The bones of the foot are connected to the floor plate.

Cow bones were discovered on the floor of a 16th-century building in the Red Light District of Alkmaar in the North of the Netherlands.

The floor, excavated by Heritage Alkmaar, is thought to date back to the 15th century and, according to one source, exemplifies a construction method rarely found in certain parts of the European country. Report from Fox News.

Craftsmen used cow bones to fill in the broken surfaces in place of tiles in an ingenious way.

“[The old floor is] Less remarkable, but worth noting, is that in some places the tiles are missing and those places have been replaced with floors made of bone,” Heritage Alkmaar posted. I wrote it in

“This kind of flooring is rarely found. So far only in the Northern Netherlands,” the post continued.

The building where the unique floor was discovered is located in Achterdam, the red-light district of the Dutch city.

Floors made of bone were previously found only in the cities of Hoorn, Enkhuizen and Edam.

Remarkably, the bones are exactly the same height as the floor, according to archaeologists.

The bones were placed in a pattern to fit as best as possible, creating a solid footing.