mattocks are some of my favourite tools - i've also used them in the UK and
in france and germany -
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]Im Auftrag von Bob
> Hoover
> Gesendet am: Freitag, 15. März 2002 23:10
> An: [log in to unmask]
> Betreff: Re: trowels
>
> Could it have been Plains archaeologists in the 1920-30s?
> Even today, they are not universal. Mattocks are still used in the Middle
> East and workers are quite skillful in performing delicate operations with
> them.
>