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The Marshalltown trowel is an excavation implement frequently used by archaeologists and bricklayers.
Manufactured by the Marshalltown Company of Marshalltown, Iowa, the trowel was first introduced in the 1890s. [1] A patent filed for its handle by the company on July 12, 1927 was granted on December 23, 1930. [2] The Marshalltown trowel is made of a single piece of metal. The 5-inch and 6-inch pointing trowels are most often used for archaeology [ citation needed ]. It is larger and more flexible than the WHS trowel[ citation needed ] preferred by archaeologists in the United Kingdom, which makes it better for cleaning sections but less suited to digging heavy clay and gravel deposits[ citation needed ]. It is also used by bricklayers in the United Kingdom [ citation needed ].
