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Digging stick

A digging stick, sometimes called a yam stick, is a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food such as roots and tubers, tilling the soil, or burrowing animals and anthills. It is a term used in archaeology and anthropology to describe similar implements, which usually consists of little more than a sturdy…

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Digging stick

Nodes38
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Triples28
Avg. degree1.95
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Digging stick

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related to Europe · 7
Digging stick → Alnus, Greece, Marathousa, Megalopolis Basin, One, Salix/Populus, The
related to Americas · 4
Digging stick → In Mexico, It, Mesoamerican, The
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Digging stick → Digging, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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digging used stick sticks use tubers roots soil also hoe tool two planting new ethiopia one end tip length wooden

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rootsinstance ofis a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food0.80text
tubersinstance ofis a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food0.80text
tilling the soilinstance ofis a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food0.80text
or burrowing animalsinstance ofis a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food0.80text
anthillsinstance ofis a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food0.80text
the digging stickinstance offor settling disputes and for punishment purposes as part of customary law.New GuineaThe Kuman people east-central New Guinea were horticulturists who used basic tools0.80text
wooden hoeinstance offor settling disputes and for punishment purposes as part of customary law.New GuineaThe Kuman people east-central New Guinea were horticulturists who used basic tools0.80text
and wooden spade in their daily livesinstance offor settling disputes and for punishment purposes as part of customary law.New GuineaThe Kuman people east-central New Guinea were horticulturists who used basic tools0.80text
iron spadesinstance ofEventually they started to use more sophisticated tools0.80text
pick-axes.Two main types of digging sticks both shared a similar shape but differed in sizeinstance ofEventually they started to use more sophisticated tools0.80text
the digging stickinstance ofNew GuineaThe Kuman people east-central New Guinea were horticulturists who used basic tools0.80text
wooden hoeinstance ofNew GuineaThe Kuman people east-central New Guinea were horticulturists who used basic tools0.80text

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