Anthropology

Artifacts are important since they act as great sources for increased understanding of history, since the frame how people have been acting in the world and how they have been thinking about the world (Houkes & Vermaas, 2010). Image 3 can be viewed from a linguistic point of view since it contains some scripts that were left behind in the past. The act as a great source for understanding the history of people who left them behind and only need to be decoded so that the true meaning can be deciphered.  The symbols and writings in Image 3 may not represent a language but may describe a form of writing that may have existed at that period in time. The artifact appears quite complex with unique glyphs and signs represented as object or abstracts designs. The fact may represent a form of operational writing system that the people used to express their spoken language.

 The artifact provides a tool for anthropologists to understand the cultural and social history of the people in which it was found (Houkes & Vermaas, 2010). Image 3 may provide answers to specific events in history such as the main cause for collapse of an ancient civilization in the area.  The artifact also serves to possibly show the kind of communication that the people used in their era indicated by the symbols that appear to be count of material possessions. The artifact may require related tablets to be found for it to conclusively be interpreted through decoding.  By connecting to other tablets found in the site , the artifact can assist in understanding what some objects  meant to societies in the past and learn about their stories.

 Reference

Houkes, W., & Vermaas, P. E. (2010). Technical functions: On the use and design of artefacts (Vol. 1). Springer Science & Business Media.