Ecofact

Ecofacts is a term used to denote the organic and environmental material retrieved on an archaeological site that are not artefacts. This can be animal bones, human skeletons, plant seeds, soils, sediments, etc. When for example an animal bone has been modified or used by humans then it is an artefact and not an ecofact. Ecofacts reveal important information on the climate, the vegetation or the human diet in the past.