Can Historians Study Prehistory?

The study of prehistory poses many problems for the historian. Prehistory is the study of humans in the past before writing. ... Historians, trained mainly how to interpret written records, try to piece together with various scientists, what happened.

Can you study prehistory?

The two main types are prehistoric and historic archaeology. Prehistoric archaeology refers to the study of human prehistory, or the period of human history before written records existed. This comprises most of our human past. The human family can be traced back at least five million years.

What do historians mean by prehistory?

Prehistory, the vast period of time before written records or human documentation, includes the Neolithic Revolution, Neanderthals and Denisovans, Stonehenge, the Ice Age and more.