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Encyclopedia > Digging stick

In archaeology and anthropology a digging 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. They may also have other uses in hunting, farming or general domestic tasks. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech/discourse) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Anthropology is the study of the anatomical and mental composition of humanity through the examination of historical and present geographical distribution, cultural history, acculturation, cultural relationships, and racial classifications. ... Subsistence means living in a permanently fragile equilibrium between alimentary needs and the means for satisfying them. ...


They are common to the Indigenous Australians but also other peoples worldwide and normally consist of little more than a sturdy stick which has been shaped or sharpened and perhaps hardened by being placed temporarily in a fire. Indigenous Australians or Aborigines[1][2] are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...


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Excavator front end - Patent 4268214 (13657 words)
B is the length of the dipper stick 13 measured from the axis of the upper pivot pins 12 to the axis of the wrist pins 25;
As a result, the dipper stick 93 remains fixed with respect to the boom 80, and as the boom is raised and lowered the dipper 96 is correspondingly hoisted or lowered as desired.
B is the length of the dipper stick 93 from the axis of the upper pivot shaft 89 to the axis of the wrist shaft 101;
Backhoe bucket adapter bushing and pin method and apparatus - Patent 4207693 (3710 words)
A lift adapter apparatus by which one of a plurality of digging buckets can be attached to one of a plurality of backhoe machines comprising an upper and lower bushing and pin assembly attached to spaced lifting ears located on the bucket.
(4) pinning the dipper stick to the ears by removably and telescopingly sliding a pin into the upper and lower pairs of bushings, with the pin having a diameter compatible with the receptacles; and thereby affixing the dipper stick and curl receptacle, respectively, to the upper and lower pins.
The digging bucket is provided with spaced ears which outwardly extend from the rear of the bucket in opposition to the digging teeth.
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