Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Artifact \Ar"ti*fact\, n. [L. ars, artis, art + facere, factum,
   to make.]
   1. (Arch[ae]ol.) A product of human workmanship; -- applied
      esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as
      distinguished from natural objects.

   2. (Biol.) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to
      death or the use of reagents and not present during life.

Source : WordNet®

artifact
     n : a man-made object taken as a whole [syn: {artefact}] [ant: {natural
         object}]