Question

list the two ways by which historions draw conclusions about the pre-historic period?

Answer 1

• Some historians arrive at different conclusions using same facts
• For example, the building of Stonehenge around 3000 B.C.
- early theories claimed temple was built for priests
- later experts realized was fi nished before priests lived in area
- today some historians think builders were sun worshipers
- others think weʼll never know its true purpose

Answer 2

Historians draw conclusions about the pre-historic period saying that it is a time period during which writing systems were invented. It was also a period when tool making technologies saw a predominant growth with the use of stone, bonze and iron.