Historians do not rely on a single type of evidence but gather information from many different kinds of sources to build a reliable picture of the past. The chapter divides these broadly into literary/documentary sources and archaeological/material sources, and the ...

These two terms come from the highlighted glossary boxes placed alongside the pictures of historical sources in the chapter (Figures 1.6 to 1.9). Epigraphic sources are inscriptions on hard, durable surfaces like stone or metal, while Numismatic sources refer to ...