Why are secondary sources important to the study of history?
These sources include bones and weapons.
These sources provide information written by other authors.
Museums usually contain the majority of these sources.
Well, if a primary source says that a country one a historic battle, and we find rope and unfired weapons and a large amount of bones inside of the rope area, then the primary source is then questioned.
Scholars writing about historical events, people, objects, or ideas produce secondary sources because they help explain new or different positions and ideas about primary sources.
