Artefactcentered
Artefactcentered is a term used in archaeology, anthropology, and material culture studies to describe a research orientation that places artifacts at the heart of analysis. It treats objects not merely as evidence of human behavior but as active participants in social processes, capable of shaping practices, decisions, and knowledge production. The approach foregrounds the production, circulation, use, and disposal of material things within their contextual networks, and it seeks to reconstruct the life cycles and sociomaterial relationships in which artifacts participate.
Principles and methods. Artefactcentered research emphasizes the material trace of human activity, adopting object-centered theories and,
Applications and critiques. Artefactcentered approaches are widely used in excavations, museum curation, and digital humanities projects