1. Analyzing Artifacts
Ancient India

2. Review & Preview… What is an artifact?
What might an artifact look like?
How do historians use artifacts to study the past?

3. An Artifact is…
…An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.

4. Our Artifacts Look at your partner’s artifact…
Describe the artifact (i.e. appearance, texture, color, weight).
How might a person use this artifact?
Make an inference. What might this artifact tell us about the person it represents?

5. ARTIFACT 1

6. ARTIFACT 2

7. ARTIFACT 3

8. ARTIFACT 4

9. ARTIFACT 5

10. ARTIFACT 6