Much recent discussion has focused on the nature of artifacts, particularly whether artifacts have essences. While general consensus is that are at least intention-dependent, an equally common view function essentialism about essentially functional objects and membership in artifact kind determined by a particular, shared function. This paper argues false. First, two component conditions given ...

transformationprocessesdebate ontheinteractionsbetween archaeological artifacts  and structures based on their natural and cultural environments. these processes provide a good picture about the site formation after its creation until now. recognition of these processes and their context help archaeologists to interpret archaeological data in an appropriate way. in this paper i would argue abou...

introduction: vertical root fracture (vrf) is common in endodontically treated teeth. conventional and digital radiographies have limitations for detection of vrfs. cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) offers greater detection accuracy of vrfs in comparison with conventional radiography. this study compared the effects of metal artifacts on detection of vrfs by using two cbct systems. methods a...