This video was recently captured as part of an archeological dig in the UK and this is what experts say is an ancient tool, one dating back over 3,000 years. The tool is a spade and its dating suggests it would have been from the Bronze Age.
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00:00This video was recently captured as part of an archaeological dig in the UK, and this
00:08is what experts say is an ancient tool, one dating back over 3,000 years.
00:14The tool is a spade, and its dating suggests it would have been from the Bronze Age.
00:19Experts now say it's the oldest Bronze Age object ever discovered in England.
00:23The small shovel is made of oak, with experts saying that radiocarbon dating has revealed
00:27it is from between approximately 34 to 3,500 years ago.
00:32Archaeologists have yet to find any evidence of a permanent settlement in the area, but
00:35rather they suspect people came here seasonally.
00:38For what reason they might come to these moors, experts are still unsure.
00:41However, this oaken tool might provide clues, with one of the researchers saying about it,
00:46the spade is a fascinating part of the story, and as research continues, we're looking
00:50forward to exploring the relationship between the spade and the ditch where it was found,
00:54and what else they can tell us about life here 3,000 years ago.
00:57They add that this could shed light on humanity's current climate crisis, better understanding
01:01how humans have historically dealt with changing coastal regions.
01:05This is only the second Bronze Age object to have ever been unearthed in the UK, the
01:09previous one found in 1875.