WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is an artifact?
A
A natural resource
B
Someone who studies prehistory
C
An object made or modified by humans.
D
The time before written record.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An artifact is an object made by a human being. Artifacts include art, tools, and clothing made by people of any time and place. The term can also be used to refer to the remains of an object, such as a shard of broken pottery or glassware.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tools, pottery, metal objects, weapons, jewelry, books, instruments, figurines, coins. Bones, wheat seeds, teeth, antlers, DNA preserved in sap. Hearths, remains of a wall, remains of a well, remains of a campfire, Middens (Trash Deposits), trees with markings.

Detailed explanation-3: -A two or three-dimensional object largely defined by aesthetic value or value as an object rather than by informational value. The labs have used digital cameras to document objects and artifacts, primarily for exhibits work.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pottery containers, stone tools, metal objects such as weaponry, and personal ornamentation such as jewelry, buttons, and clothes are examples of types of artifacts. Organic remains such as animal bones found within or near human settlements are another example.

Detailed explanation-5: -Artifacts are material manifestations of culture, like tools or clothing. A culture’s built environment includes part of the physical landscape that represents culture, like buildings or roads. The cultural landscape is any modification to the landscape that a culture makes, including built environment and agriculture.

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