artefact var. of ARTIFACT.
artifact n. (also
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1 a product of human art and workmanship.
2 Archaeology a product of prehistoric or aboriginal workmanship as distinguishded from a similar object naturally produced.
3 Biol. etc. a feature not naturally present, introducd during preparation or investigation, e.g. as in the preparation of a slide.
from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1998
