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This 14 page paper considers what we can learn about ancient cultures from non-literary evidence such as coins and inscriptions. It also discusses the controversy that arises over the authenticity of such items. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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see if they mention other, non-literary sources that tell us about ancient cultures. Discussion Michael Crawford notes that we depend mostly on literary works to provide information about the past,
and that such writings "provide evidence of the ideas, opinions, interests and levels of education of their authors, of the extent of their freedom and the level of their conditioning"
(Crawford, 1983, p. 1). In addition, if the work is literary, it may well reflect the writers culture; it could reflect the historical events of the time; it could even
give readers an idea of the writers political, social and economic circumstances as well (Crawford, 1983). However, Crawford notes that when a reader approaches a literary text, its necessary for
him or her to try and understand why the writer wrote it and the methods he used (1983). This is not always possible, given the time that has passed. In
addition, there are often errors in copying and in retelling the stories (Crawford, 1983). This means that the existence of "an original text which is at all close to its
original is very rare" (Crawford, 1983, p. 1). Crawford argues that in the study of antiquities, historiography, which is generally considered to be a study of the process of
recording history, may be as important as history itself (Crawford, 1983). In other words, we might want to try and understand why Thucydides and others wrote when they did, and
the circumstances under which they wrote, as well as what they wrote about. But even here, because thousands of years have passed, its possible to misinterpret these authors meanings. In
the final chapter of his book, Crawford suggests that perhaps we can use other methods to find the truth of historical events. He suggests that looking at numismatic evidence can
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