Artifact (archaeology)
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artifact-archaeology-176-12136357
title:
Artifact (archaeology)
text:
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 become a term of particular nuance and is defined as an object recovered by archaeological endeavor, which may be a cultural artifact having cultural interest. "Artifact" is the general term used in archaeology, while in museums the equivalent general term is normally "object", and in art history perhap
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Objects created and used by humans.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)
date created:
2004-04-09T01:58:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T16:46:18Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Mycenaean_stirrup_vase_Louvre_AO19201.jpg","width":2248,"height":2008}
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13
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