Excellent thread by @BretDevereaux on types of historical evidence, and problems with trying to build a narrative when literary sources are limitedhttps://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1335033591026356231 …
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Numismatics is omitted - unless it’s been filed under epigraphy. Coins are perhaps some of the most important things we have in writing histories of late antique Sogdiana and Bactria!
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Shoot! Mentally, I file numismatic evidence under archaeology because coins matter most to me as a way to date other things - but obviously an important field in its own right. Should have broken it out into its own section.
