significance of artifacts

Question 1

s are objects
made or modified by
humans in the past

Answer 1

artifacts

Question 2

The discovery of ancient cuneiform writing led
archaeologists discover that it was primarily developed
to create long-distance communication method for
trade to account income and losses during
transactions

Answer 2

economic

Question 3

The Code of Hammurabi, dating back to around 3000
BCE, was discovered to contain 282 laws that were set
for all ancient people to follow. Similar to our today’s
Philippine Constitution, the Code became the supreme
law of Mesopotamia back then.

Answer 3

politcal

Question 4

In the Philippines, the Manunggul Jar was believed to be
the vessel of transporting the dead into the afterlife.
The artifact always contained in its lid a boat (balangay),
a boat driver, and the soul-three symbolic figures of the
journey into nature and death. With this culture, it was
found out that early Filipinos had a complex kind of
culture even before the arrival of Spaniards.

Answer 4

cultural

Question 5

In West Asia, around 4000 years ago, nose piercing was
considered a status of symbol wherein the size on the
ring depicted a family’s wealth. Those who had bigger
nose rings were considered wealthier

Answer 5

social

Question 6

a Babylonian
legal text composed during 1755
–1750
BC. It is the longest, best
-organized, and
best
-preserved legal text from the
ancient Near East. It is written in the
Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian,
purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of
the First Dynasty of Babylon

Answer 6

code of hammurabi

Question 7

includes many
harsh punishments, sometimes
demanding the removal of the guilty
party’s tongue, hands, breasts, eye or ear.
But the code is also one of the earliest
examples of an accused person being
considered innocent until proven guilty

Answer 7

code of hammurabi

Question 8

a secondary burial
jar excavated from a Neolithic burial site
in the Manunggul cave of the Tabon
Caves at Lipuun Point in Palawan,
Philippines. It dates from 890
–710 B.C.
and the two prominent figures at the
top handle of its cover represent the
journey of the soul to the afterlife

Answer 8

manunggul jar

Question 9

g symbolized
social status, religious beliefs, and even rites
of passage. For instance, in ancient India,
nose piercing reflected a woman’s married
status

Answer 9

nose piercing

Question 10

have significant contributions in interpreting social,
cultural, political and economic processes that ocurred in
the past. Their existence proves and describes these
aspects thoroughly. The discovery of artifacts and the
understanding of various processes have provided a stable
foundation for the socioeconomic, political and cultural
growth that humans have came to recognize today

Answer 10

artifacts