Artifacts

Artifacts

Any object of special archaeological interest which has been made or given shape by a man.

Industry: Archaeology

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Dead sea scrolls

Archaeology; Artifacts

Papyrus scrolls discovered at sites along the Dead Sea.

Titanic remains

Archaeology; Artifacts

Remains of human victims, their boots and clothing partially buried in the mud at the Titanic site two-and-a-half miles below the ocean's surface, where the wreckage of the legendary ocean liner ...

Clovis point

Archaeology; Artifacts

Large stone projectile point used by early American hunters to kill game animals.

Acheulean

Archaeology; Artifacts

A stone tool industry, in use from about 1.6 million years ago until 125,000 years ago. It was characterised by large bifaces, particularly hand axes.