Question

Excerpt from Ocmulgee National Monument: A Place in History

Marie Devers



1 On the Eastern side of Macon, Georgia, lies a large stretch of land known as the Ocmulgee (pronounced "oke-mull-gee") National Monument. The area is home to many artifacts from different times throughout a span of 10,000 years. At the visitor center, sightseers can view objects that once belonged to the Native Americans who lived on the land. Workers have found arrowheads, pieces of pottery, and tools made by these early peoples.
According to paragraph 1 an artifact is an
A) elderly person.
B) expensive device.
C) unimportant object.
D) object from the past.

Answer 1

Answer: D) object from the past.

Step-by-step explanation:

An artifact is an object from the past, which was made by humans. A work of art and a tool would be considered as artifacts. Artifacts are important objects because they have certain cultural and historic value. In this case, the author of the text listed arrowheads, poetry and tools as artifacts which can be seen at the visitor center. These are all objects characteristic of an earlier period of time - they originate from different times throughout 10,000 years, and they belonged to the Native Americans.