Hi. Interesting idea. My memory is that exofact was introduced into the archaeological literature in the early 1960s (1963?) by Lewis Binford to indicate plant and animals remains from archaeological context. It could include human and natural information. It was coined to distinguish them from artefacts, which could also include biological materials such as bone tools.
Hope this helps.
Best
Haskel
Haskel Greenfield
Distinguished Professor
University of Manitoba
Canada
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> On Sep 30, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Norbert Eeltink <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear list,
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> I have been confronted with a discussion about terminology, specific the terms ecofact and biofact. The former is widely used, but the latter is a rather uncommon or even unknown term here in the Netherlands. We are used to the term ecofact, but growing international contacts have started to introduce the term biofact. The reception differs. Some love it, some hate it, some feel we should stick to what we know and there is even an opinion that the term biofact is inappropiate. Furthermore, many consider them to be synonyms which can be used as one prefers, while others see a difference. It has been argued for example that biofact is a general term describing any organic find that was not altered by humans and that a ecofact is a organic find that contains specific information about (relations in) the environment.
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> This discussion has caught my interest, since terminolgy is very important in any field of research and I think we should have an open mind to new developments like this. So I would like to know if members of our wonderful list have any ideas or opinions about this which they like to share?
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> Best,
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> Norbert
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