"An artifact,[a] or artefact (see American and British English spelling differences), is something made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work ...
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of art, especially an object of archaeological interest. In archaeology, the word has become a term of particular nuance and is defined as an object recovered by archaeological endeavor, which may be a cultural artifact having cultural interest. Modern archaeologists take care to distinguish material culture from ethnicity, which is often more complex, as expressed by Carol Kramer in the dictum "pots are not people."" - (en.wikipedia.org 31.08.2020)
