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artefact Definition

ar·te·fact (ärtə fakt′)

noun

Brit. artifact

artefact Usage Examples

Preposition: from

  • wreck: Virtual visitors will be able to see hundreds of artifacts from the wreck littering the seabed.
  • excavation: The site museum has fascinating artifacts from the excavations along with plans, reconstruction drawings and models.

Converse of object

  • excavate: Some of the original excavated artifacts are also in a special display in the Museum foyer.
  • recover: They worked with picks, breaking up the soil which was then passed through a riddle to recover artifacts.
  • unearth: In 1993 a pond was dug, and these excavations unearthed some fascinating artifacts, including 13th century pottery, leather and textile.
  • smuggle: Ana is an art historian who smuggles fake Mayan artifacts.
  • conserve: Since then volunteers have worked to clean and conserve the artifacts to display their finds.
  • handle: Topics covered will include ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Tudors, with the opportunity to handle ancient artifacts.

Adjective modifier

  • lithic: Field survey has identified scatters of lithic artifacts in these places.
  • archeological: Within the individual contexts different proper archeological artifacts were buried, starting with the oldest.
  • Egyptian: The first activity was to sketch some ancient Egyptian artifacts.
  • Acheulian: Acheulian artifacts, mainly handaxes, are of quartzites, which are not available locally.
  • pre-columbian: There is prolific wildlife, pre-Columbian artifacts and opportunities to hike and go horse riding.
  • ancient: The first activity was to sketch some ancient Egyptian artifacts.

Noun used with modifier

  • flint: These final excavations, just before Christmas, recovered a further 500 flint artifacts.
  • replica: The session makes use of original Tudor portraits and replica artifacts, including a child-sized costume of a wealthy explorer.
  • compression: Blacks are solid, and the level of detail is generally good, with little in the way of compression artifacts and print damage.
  • Viking: Jorvik Viking Center, York Built on a dig that has yielded some of best-preserved Viking artifacts.
  • bronze: Almost 600 bronze artifacts buried together in a pit.
  • susceptibility: Distortion and signal loss due to susceptibility artifact has been minimized here by choice of high bandwidth and thin slices.

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