The Relationship Between Archaelogy and History

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The relationship between archaeology and history is continually experiencing modifications, by reason of their historical development and altering research objectives. These particular scientific and academic studies are outlined with a high degree of overlap and a mutual dependence upon another (Tabaczynski 1993:1). Archaeology as a rule is created through the continual process of the deposition of artefacts created, transformed and discarded by humans. Archaeological material is the record of human presence and activities and thus a source of information of the social past. Historical texts however, are the discontinuous process of making information permanent with the objective being to impart the text with contemporaries and future masses. Where it is present therefore, historical texts can border into the assemblage of unceasing archaeological evidence (Tabaczynski 1993:3). In the medieval period, an abounding number of handwritten and printed documents were being preserved and with such an increase in the survival of documents, information is more identifiable with regards to...

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