Artifact (archaeology)
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An artifact or artefact is a general term for an item made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest. In archaeology, the word has beco
Mycenaean stirrup jar from Ras Shamra (Ugarit) Syria, 1400–1300 BC
A Crusading Period spoon from 1017 that was found on archaeological excavation of Tursiannotko in Pirkkala, Finland.
Material culture
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Material culture is culture manifested by the physical objects and architecture of a society. The term is primarily used in archaeology and anthropology, but is also of interest to sociology, geograph
Artifact (archaeology)
…museums that obtain artifacts for physical evidence through past traces of civilizations, as well as norms and rituals, where objects attested a part of material culture. Artifacts can come from any archaeological context or source such as…
Pottery is an easily recognised form of material culture as it is commonly found as archaeological artifacts, representing cultures of the past.
Roman coin, the aureus
Finding tools of the past is considered a way to discover the level of development of a culture.
An archaeologist searches for evidence of glass objects among ruins.