A Bronze Age wooden spade was dug up from a trench in England, and it is around 3,500 years old. The object was uncovered during excavations in the Arne Moors, an area of wetlands and heathland in the ...

If they’re lucky, archaeologists find bones, pottery, stone tools, beads and other sturdy remnants of the past. However, they’re less likely to unearth wooden artifacts, which tend to disintegrate ...

Q: I recently had to dig a trench and shovel gravel. I struggled the entire time. My wife said I was using the wrong shovel. I used a square-tipped shovel that my dad gave me years ago. The gravel was ...