What is an “interdisciplinary” approach?
Primary sources are great and a good historical fiction can sure juice up a boring semester, BUT if your study of the ancient world depends on primary sources, you’re only seeing a small part of the picture. While it is popular in many study programs to tout the use of primary sources, historians and archaeologists have recognized for many years that only those leading a life of leisure had the luxury of becoming authors. Just remember when you use them, you’re viewing the ancient world through the eyes of the moneyed elite. If you want to know what the daily life of the average person was like, ask an archaeologist!
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