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archaeological artefact

something made or modified by humans and of archaeological interest
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archaeological artefact

Summary

archaeological artefact ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (882 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • archaeological artefact is a type of cultural artifact[2].
  • archaeological artefact is a type of archaeological find[3].
  • archaeological artefact is a type of physical object[4].
  • archaeological artefact's Commons category is recorded as Archaeological objects[5].
  • archaeological artefact's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archaeological artifacts[6].
  • archaeological artefact's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[7].
  • archaeological artefact's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox artifact[8].
  • archaeological artefact's different from is recorded as artificial physical object[9].
  • archaeological artefact's different from is recorded as artificial object[10].
  • archaeological artefact's different from is recorded as archaeological find[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cultural artifact[2], archaeological find[3], and physical object[4].

Why It Matters

archaeological artefact ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (882 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

1 Drachm of Shapur I, from Seleucia ad Tigrim, Yale University Art Gallery, inv. 1938.6000.47

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “archaeological artefact.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/archaeological-artefact.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300117127, 300234110
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → The American Cyclopædia
    Topic's main category → Category:Archaeological artifacts
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0326957-artefakty-archeologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
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