Wheel; 5200 years

WHEEL WITH AN AXLE While taking wood samples in one of the drainage ditches at the Stare Gmajne pile dwelling near Vrhnika in 2002, archaeologists discovered two logboats and a wooden wheel with an axle, belonging to a two-wheel cart. The wheel is com¬posed of two ash wood plates, joined with four oak wedges. The axle is made from a single piece of oak wood, with a rectangular ending fitting into …