archaeological artifact

C7170
concept

An archaeological artifact is any portable object made, modified, or used by humans in the past that is recovered through archaeological investigation and studied to understand past cultures and activities.

All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
archaeological artifact canonical 122
cultural heritage object 41
archaeological find 26

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: archaeological artifact
Generated description
An archaeological artifact is any portable object made, modified, or used by humans in the past that is recovered through archaeological investigation and studied to understand past cultures and activities.

Instances (221)

Instance Via concept surface
The Sleeping Lady figurine
Tutankhamun funerary mask
Coyolxauhqui Stone
Pyrgi Tablets
Balsa Muisca
Muisca golden raft
Pasca
surface form: Muisca golden raft
pre-Columbian gold artifact
Cippus Perusinus
poporos
Hebior Mammoth archaeological find
rongorongo tablets
surface form: Rongorongo tablets
archaeological artifacts
tunjos (small metal votive figures)
surface form: tunjos
Arthur’s Seat coffins
Raimondi Stela
Tello Obelisk
Oranmiyan Staff cultural heritage object
Bull-leaping fresco
Snake Goddess figurines archaeological artifact type
Mask of Agamemnon
Jockey of Artemision
Magdala Stone
South Picene inscriptions
Holy Right Hand of Saint Stephen relic
Boom Al Mouhallab (traditional dhow)
surface form: Boom Al Mouhallab
cultural heritage object
manuscripts of Lord Byron cultural heritage object
Clazomenian sarcophagi
zodiac of Dendera
surface form: Zodiac of Dendera
Linear B inscriptions
Horses of Saint Mark cultural heritage object
Blarney Stone cultural heritage object
Ethiopic manuscripts cultural heritage object
Balangiga bells cultural heritage object
Virgil Mosaic archaeological artwork
Punic stelae
Turfan manuscripts archaeological find
Ain Ghazal statues
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
North Picene inscriptions
Lachish reliefs
Apollo of Veii statue
surface form: Apollo of Veii
Duenos inscription
Alexander Mosaic
sarcophagus of the spouses
surface form: Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Tomb of the Leopards frescoes
Apollo of Veii
dotaku
surface form: Dotaku
Boom Baru inscription
Novilara inscriptions
Lod Mosaic
Iron Crown of Lombardy relic