16th November 2006, 11:40 AM
Or, arguably, all the other periods are 'historic' - Roman, medieval and post-medieval all have contemporaneous historic records and documents to work with in association with the archaeological record. So there are only two categories...
'Prehistoric' - lots of boring post-holes, some seeds and pollen, you pretty much have to make it up.
'Historic' - lots of walls, roads, buildings, industry, pretty things to find - and you can still tell some great stories, but this time with actual evidence to support it.
...and the poll suggests that 'Roman, medieval, post-medieval & industrial' together are indeed more popular than 'prehistory'.
Hooray!
'Prehistoric' - lots of boring post-holes, some seeds and pollen, you pretty much have to make it up.
'Historic' - lots of walls, roads, buildings, industry, pretty things to find - and you can still tell some great stories, but this time with actual evidence to support it.
...and the poll suggests that 'Roman, medieval, post-medieval & industrial' together are indeed more popular than 'prehistory'.
Hooray!