Exam 4: Archaeology, Numismatics, and Historical Method

…………….is the archaeological study of living people.

………….is the study of inscriptions.

The first book on coins was 'De Asse et Partibus' (1514) by ………

……………… is the study or collection of coins.

………….are the bedrock of historical knowledge, infact the basic raw materials for the reconstruction of history.

Theory of evolution was developed by …………

……………are neither the sources of information transmitted by one who was neither a participant nor an eyewitness of the original event.

In 1931 the ………… Academy launched the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum publishing collections of Ancient Greek coinage.

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) was passed in …………

………………is the broad conclusion of a work which will naturally indicate the essence of the study.

…........is a process through which a historian tries to know what is not known to him, on the basis of available materials.

A person who works in archives is called an ………………

The historian is expected to use ……………..only when he has no other reliable sources available.

…........is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community.

……………….is the study of human culture in historic as well as prehistoric times, by examining the material remains of early human settlements.

The American Numismatic Society was founded in ……………

……….is also known as 'framing a formula' or deducing a general law.

The Royal Numismatic Society was founded in ……………

….........., if used quite logically and unbiased, could be helpful to illuminate the dark aspects of historical reconstruction.

The first hand accounts of experimentation and investigation, original works, reports etc. could be treated as ……………….