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The digging stick is a prehistoric plow that is fashioned with handles for pulling or pushing and is also a precursor of most modern agricultural handtools.〔Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved March 26, 2015, from Britannica.com website: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/163245/digging-stick〕 In archaeology and anthropology, digging stick, or sometimes yam stick, is the term given to a variety of wooden implements used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food such as roots and tubers or burrowing animals and anthills.〔The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Retrieved July 24, 2008, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/digging stick〕 They may also have other uses in hunting or general domestic tasks. They are common to the Indigenous Australians but also other peoples worldwide. This tool normally consists of little more than a sturdy stick which has been shaped or sharpened and perhaps hardened by being placed temporarily in a fire. It is a simple device, and has to be tough and hardy in order not to break. ==Mexico and the Mesoamerican Region== In Mexico and the Mesoamerican region, the digging stick was the most important agricultural tool throughout the region.〔(Study the Digging Stick ) Mexicolore.〕〔(Uictli ) Mexicolore.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「digging stick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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