Topic > The relationship between archeology and history

The relationship between archeology and history undergoes continuous modifications, due to their historical development and the change in research objectives. These particular scientific and academic studies are delineated with a high degree of overlap and mutual dependence on each other (Tabaczynski 1993:1). Archeology is generally created through the ongoing process of deposition of artifacts created, transformed and discarded by humans. Archaeological material is evidence of human presence and activities and therefore a source of information on the social past. Historical texts, however, are the discontinuous process of making information permanent with the goal of transmitting the text to contemporary and future masses. Where they are present, therefore, historical texts can border on the assemblage of incessant archaeological evidence (Tabaczynski 1993:3). Abundant numbers of manuscript and printed documents were preserved in the medieval period, and with such an increase in document survival, information is more identifiable regarding...