Why Do Historians Need Archaeologists And Anthropologists To Study Prehistory?
Historians make their observations and predictions of what happened in the past by examining written artifacts, such as letters or diary entries. Archaeologists make their predictions of what happened in the past by examining physical objects, such as bones and tools. Historians need archaeologists because there is a huge chronological boundary that separates the humans being studied, a boundary marked by the use of writing. Historians wouldn’t know what occurred before humans began writing if it wasn’t for archaeologists.
