HOMER AND THE TROJAN Students learn about: 1 Methods of investigating the historical past roles of history and archaeology in investigating the past; complementary nature of both disciplines the unique methodologies of the historian and archaeologist; the contribution of written and material remains in providing evidence of the past 2
The nature of sources and evidence archaeological and written sources; how evidence is lost, preserved and rediscovered the nature of evidence provided by written and archaeological sources, complementary and contradictory asking questions of archaeological and written sources determining the reliability of archaeological and written sources historiographical issues raised by archaeological and written sources
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Reconstructing the past: the role of sources and evidence reconstructing the past using archaeological and written sources; analysis of sources for use as evidence; recognising the provisional nature of the evidence testing hypotheses using types of sources; complementary and contradictory evidence; determining authenticity, reliability and usefulness of sources forensic techniques used to bring together a coherent
