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WORK OF A HISTORIAN 1 st Year History

Herodotus: father of history Greek Historian Written History, using papyrus

Prehistory Before written sources.

Archive: Place where written documents are kept

Museum: Place where artefacts (items used in the past) are kept.

Sources Can be: Written, Pictorial, Oral, Artefacts Ruins.

Primary sources: Directly from past, first hand information, from the time

Secondary sources: Indirectly, second hand, after the time.

Fact v Opinion Bias: using only the evidence that supports one side. Prejudice: judging before any evidence. Propaganda: using the media to promote one point of view.

Archaeology The study of buildings and artefacts. Finding the sites: Aerial photography (crop marks) Stories (Troy) Rescue archaeology (roads and buildings)

Excavations: Survey Diggers (topsoil) Map Sieves and brushes Numbering artefacts Laboratory

Dating: Stratigraphy Coins and pottery Dendrochronology Radiocarbon dating