Ecofact vs Biofact - What's the difference?
ecofact | biofact | Synonyms |
(achaeology) A biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation.
* 1963 , Missouri Archaeological Society, Research Series, Issues 1–13 , page 57:
* 2009 , Nancy Marie White, Archaeology For Dummies'', part 1 ''Archaeology: Seeing Past People Today'', chapter 1 ''What Archaeology Is , page 12:
(archaeology) a biological artefact, not altered by human hands; e.g. a seed, or an uncarved wooden roof beam.
(philosophy, sociology, the arts) A hybrid of an artefact and a living entity, or between concepts of nature and technology.
Biofact is a synonym of ecofact.
As nouns the difference between ecofact and biofact
is that ecofact is a biological artifact not altered by humans, but which may be indicative of human occupation while biofact is a biological artefact, not altered by human hands; e.g. a seed, or an uncarved wooden roof beam.ecofact
English
Noun
(en noun)- The fact that two periods of occupation are in evidence, both having similar ecofact and material remains, suggests that the occupation and the behavior carried on there are part of an established cycle of seasonally based behavior.
- Ecofact''''' is a term archaeologists invented to classify natural objects used by humans without modification. Animal bones left for dinner or pollen from gathered plants are '''ecofacts'''. … Even phosphates or other chemicals in the soil are ' ecofacts showing that people threw their organic waste on the ground.