Definition of Artifacts and their Types Page all

KOMPAS.com – Artifacts are things made by humans. Artifacts can be art, tools, and clothing made by people from a particular time and place.

The term artifact can also refer to the remains of an object, such as pottery shards or glassware.

Reported from National Geographic, Artifacts are very useful for studying a culture.

Usually, archaeologists excavate areas where ancient cultures existed and use the artifacts found to learn about the place’s past.

Many ancient cultures had no written language or did not actively record their history, so artifacts are important clues to how they lived.

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For example, artifacts have provided important clues about life in ancient Egypt.

The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife and buried the dead with the things they needed to live in the afterlife.

Thus, ancient Egyptian tombs provide a wealth of artifacts that lead to cultural insights.

Reported from Udayana University, Lewis R. Binford, an American archaeologist, classifies artifacts into three types, namely:

1. Ideofak

Ideodak is an artifact related to thinking about religious, super natural, ideas, and abstract things.

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Examples of ideofaks are heirlooms, statues of gods, ceremonial tools, and so on.

2. Sosiofak

Sociofacts are artifacts related to people’s social life.

Examples of Sociofacs are sarcophagi, inscriptions, thrones, clothes, and so on.

3. Teknofak

Technofaks are artifacts related to technology for survival.

Examples of technofaks are hunting tools, agricultural tools, security tools, household appliances, and so on.

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