On occasion, a badger in a digging mood can be the animal
equivalent of an amateur archaeologist hitting the big nugget. One badger
clawed up (and possibly broke) a cremation urn near Stonehenge, and when the
pottery shards were noticed, it triggered a full excavation.
The dig didn’t
disappoint. The urn belonged to an early Bronze Age grave that also contained
cremated human remains, a bronze saw, and a copper chisel with an ornate bone
handle. Archery-related artifacts such as a wrist guard and shaft straighteners
indicate the person could have been an archer or a tradesman who crafted
archery equipment.
The artifacts are all in quality condition despite the fact
that they are around 4,000 years old.
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