the types of sources used in history
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 artifact | an object made by someone in the past |
| primary source | firsthand information about people or events such as papers, documents, photographs, etc. |
| secondary source | Text and/or artifacts that are not original, but based on something written originally (biographies, magazine articles, research papers). |
| oral history | spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next |
| anthropology | the study of the physical characteristics of people and how they organize their societies |
| archaeology | the study of the human past through artifacts |
| prehistory | the time before written history |
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