Question

Distinguish between archaeology sources and literary sources

Answer 1

Answer:

The differences between the Archaeological and Literary sources are :

1.  The archaeological sources include material things like artifacts, buildings, inscriptions, coins etc while as literary sources include written literature in the form of books, biographies etc.

2.  Archaeological sources are primary sources (first hand evidence) while as literary sources are both primary and secondary source.

3. Archaeological sources cover more than 99% of history of mankind while as literary sources less than 1%. Archaeological sources are only source of our pre-history which is 99% time period of mankind.

4. Archaeological sources present true picture of the event as they are without any bias. While as literary sources are mostly biased and exaggerated.

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