HIST 1001 Chapter : History And Prehistory
Document Summary
History and prehistory historion- ancient greeks created word, meaning an inquiry or an investigation. Also the active inquiry about the past primary and secondary sources - how we find out about the past. Primary source is raw material directly from the time period. Secondary sources are written for the present. (textbooks,lectures) we are captive to our sources. reading a primary source is a 3 stepped process. These must be interpretted, which is a tricky business because sources can be fallible. Historians are seemingly translators: making the past understandble to the present. They can also be seen as detectives, uncovering and digging up information from the past. periodization - labels and categorization of time periods. History begins with the first known written languages. Paleolithic (600,000 - 8000 bce "before common era") - two greek words meaning "old stone. " aka old stone age. The people created tools to help them in their primary job, looking for food.
