3,500-year-old rare, Bronze Age tool discovered at Dorset’s Arne Moors site

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3,500-year-old rare, Bronze Age tool discovered at Dorset’s Arne Moors site
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A rare 3,500-year-old wooden spade has been uncovered at Dorset’s Arne Moors by Wessex Archaeology.

Preserved by waterlogged soil, this Bronze Age tool offers a rare glimpse into how ancient communities adapted to challenging wetland environments.Archaeologists have unearthed one of the ancient and most intact wooden tools in Britain, a spade dating back to 3,500 years. This find happened during excavations at the Moors at Arne project, located near Poole Harbor in Dorset.

This expedition was led by experts from Wessex Archaeology. It aims to establish new coastal habitats to help offset habitat loss driven by climate change. Additionally, the project intends to transform more than 150 hectares of land to eventually develop diverse wetlands., this discovery is as old as the Bronze Age, and the spade showcases humans’ long-standing relationship with the challenging waterlogged landscape.

Further analysis revealed that the spade was constructed from one solid piece of wood, which required a lot of manual labor.

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