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  2. Found object - Wikipedia

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    Found objects derive their identity as art from the designation placed upon them by the artist and from the social history that comes with the object. This may be indicated by either its anonymous wear and tear (as in collages of Kurt Schwitters) or by its recognizability as a consumer icon (as in the sculptures of Haim Steinbach). The context ...

  3. Provenance - Wikipedia

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    In archaeology and paleontology, the derived term provenience is used with a related but very particular meaning, to refer to the location (in modern research, recorded precisely in three dimensions) where an artifact or other ancient item was found. [3] Provenance covers an object's complete documented history. An artifact may thus have both a ...

  4. Out-of-place artifact - Wikipedia

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    Gear of the Antikythera mechanism, a mechanical computer from the 2nd century BCE showing a previously unknown level of complexity. An out-of-place artifact (OOPArt or oopart) is an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest to someone that is claimed to have been found in an unusual context, which someone claims to challenge conventional historical chronology by its ...

  5. Archaeological record - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, archaeologists limit the amount of excavation that they do at each site and keep meticulous records of what is found. The archaeological record is the physical record of human prehistory and history, of why ancient civilizations prospered or failed and why those cultures changed and grew. It is the story of the human world.

  6. Today in History: Wreck of the Titanic found - AOL

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    Thirty years ago today on September 1, 1985, the 73-year-old Titanic wreckage was finally discovered. The tragedy of the RMS Titanic rocked the world on April 15, 1912, when the "unsinkable" ship ...

  7. Artifact (archaeology) - Wikipedia

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    An artifact [a] or artefact (British English) is a general term for an item made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest. [1] In archaeology , the word has become a term of particular nuance; it is defined as an object recovered by archaeological endeavor, including cultural ...

  8. 7 Centuries’ Worth of History Found Buried Under Church Floor

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    Items included old coin fragments, iron nails, and even pearls. ... volunteers found over 1,000 artifacts that spanned seven centuries of history.

  9. Repatriation (cultural property) - Wikipedia

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    The scale of plundering was unprecedented in modern history, the only comparable looting expeditions taking place in ancient Roman history. [11] In fact, the French revolutionaries justified the large-scale and systematic looting of Italy in 1796 by viewing themselves as the political successors of Rome, in the same way that ancient Romans saw ...