Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An gano waƙar a cikin 1970 a lokacin haƙa turf kuma an sa masa suna bayan mai gano shi, Ray Sweet. Kamfanin da ya yi aiki da shi, E. J. Godwin, ya aika da wani ɓangare na katako daga hanyar zuwa John Coles, mataimakin malami a ilimin kimiyyar kayan tarihi a Jami'ar Cambridge, wanda ya yi wasu tono a kan hanyoyin da ke kusa. Sha'awar Coles a cikin waƙoƙin ya haifar da Somerset Levels Project, wanda ya gudana daga 1973 zuwa 1989, wanda masu ba da gudummawa daban-daban suka haɗa da Gidajen Turanci. Aikin ya aiwatar da ayyukan ayyukan archaeological na gida, kuma ya kafa mahimmancin tattalin arziki da yanayin ƙasa na hanyoyi daban-daban daga karni na uku da na farko BC. An amince da aikin John Coles, Bryony Coles, da Somerset Levels Project a 1996 lokacin da suka lashe kyautar Masana'antu na Masana'antu (ICI) don mafi kyawun aikin archaeological wanda ke ba da babbar gudummawa ga ilimi, kuma a 2006 tare da Kyautar Tarihin Tarihin Tarihi na Turai.Dendrochronology (shekarun zoben itace) na katako ya ba da damar daidaitaccen kwanan wata, yana nuna cewa an gina shi a 3807 BC. Wannan kwanan wata ya haifar da da'awar cewa Sweet Track ita ce hanya mafi tsufa a duniya, har sai da aka gano a shekara ta 2009 na hanyar da aka gina a shekara ta 4100 BC, a Plumstead, kusa da kurkukun Belmarsh. Nazarin katako na Sweet Track ya taimaka wa bincike a cikin Neolithic Era dendrochronology; kwatancen da katako daga Kogin Trent da gandun daji da ke cikin ruwa a Stolford ya ba da damar yin cikakken taswirar zobba, da kuma alaƙar su da yanayin lokacin. Itacen da aka yi amfani da shi don gina waƙar yanzu an lasafta shi a matsayin katako na katako, sunan da aka ba wa katako (na kowane tushe) wanda tsawon lokaci (wani lokacin ɗaruruwan dubban shekaru) an binne shi a cikin peat bogs, kuma an kiyaye shi daga lalacewa ta yanayin acidic da anaerobic bog. Bog-itace yawanci ana launin ruwan kasa ta tannins narkar da cikin ruwan acidic, kuma yana wakiltar farkon matakin burbushi. Shekaru na hanyar ya haifar da manyan ayyukan tona ƙasa a 1973, wanda Ma'aikatar Muhalli ta ba da kuɗi.  Tambaya: Wanene ya fara kafa hanyar binciken kayan tarihi a Jami'ar Cambridge a 1970?
Ray Sweet