Historical Terms

is the information obtained from sources that is valuable for an historical inquiry.

•  BCE        

• Museum  

• Historical Evidence           

• Oral tradition         

the period characterised by the use of stone tools and a hunter gatherer lifestyle

• Archaeological dig

• Primary sources          

• Archaeologists       

• Prehistory      

a special place where artefacts from the past are displayed for exhibition and public viewing.

• Secondary sources         

• Fossils         

• Museum 

• Chronology 

specialists who excavate, examine and interpret remains from the past.

• Archaeologists

• Historians         

• Historical Evidence           

• Fossils         

accounts about the past that were created after the time being investigated and which often use or refer to primary sources and present a particular interpretation. Examples include writings of historians, documentaries, history textbooks, and websites.

• Prehistory      

• Oral tradition        

• BCE 

• Secondary sources         

the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified (stone-like) form or as a mould or cast in rock.

• Archaeological dig

• Museum          

•  CE           

• Fossils         

objects and documents created or written during the time being investigated, for example during an event or very soon after. Examples include official documents, diaries and photographs      

• Archaeologists 

• Primary sources    

• Historical Evidence           

• Chronology         

specialists who use sources discovered from the past to develop explanations and interpretations. They produce secondary sources.

• Secondary sources         

• BCE

• Historians 

• Oral tradition        

an abbreviation that represents the same period of time as BC but is more inclusive

• BCE   

• CE           

• Historians         

• Archaeologists  

the period of history after the birth of Christ.

• Oral tradition        

• CE           

• BCE        

•  Fossils