Show the advantages and disadvantages of archeology and oral traditions as methods of reconstruction of history (2001) ANSWERS:
Advantages:
-It provided evidenced of the past remains.
-It links the gaps left by other sources such as oral tradition and written records.
-Employment opportunities to archaeologists like Dr. Louis Leakey.
⁃ Archeological sites can be used as tourist attractions eg Olduvai gorge
-It tells us a great deal about man's past life.
It reveals the level if development attained by early man eg stone tools and iron tools -It reveals the level 1 if technology of past man
-It can show religious beliefs of past man through excavating tools used during prayers such as cups
. -It makes history real because learners can see, feel and touch the objects excavated eg the skull of the earliest man.
Disadvantages:
-Does tell about past social organizations, eg how ntemiship worked.
-It can not reveal peoples languages.
-It is a Tim consuming method, excavations took long period of times such as months or years. -It needs experts.
-It is not appplicabke to study recent history.