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== Types == | == Types == | ||
=== Primary source | === Primary source === | ||
{{main article|Primary source}} | |||
=== Secondary source === | === Secondary source === | ||
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=== Tertiary source === | === Tertiary source === | ||
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== See also == | |||
* [[Historical document]] | |||
* [[Archive]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 24 September 2019
Historical source (also known as historical material or historical data) is original source that contain important historical information. These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level,[1]and these sources used as clues in order to study history.
Historical sources include documents, artifacts, archaeological sites, features. oral transmissions, stone inscriptions, paintings, recorded sounds, images (photographs, motion pictures), and oral history. Even ancient relics and ruins, broadly speaking, are historical sources.[2]