Before revision: alt=|A digging stick of the Pacific Northwest coast alt=|Nuba person farming in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan A digging stick, sometimes called a yam stick, is a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food such as roots and tubers, tilling the soil, or burrowing animals and anthills.
After revision: alt=|A digging stick of the Pacific Northwest coast alt=|Nuba A digging stick, sometimes called a yam stick, is a wooden implement used primarily by subsistence-based cultures to dig out underground food such as roots and tubers, tilling the soil, or burrowing animals and anthills.