Prehistory
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
History is by definition those things we know happened in the past. We know it happened, because people wrote it or told it. Pre implies before. So what happened before the things that happened in the past? Well……..more history, right? I confess I’ve never understood this term “pre-history”. When books use it they always say something like this: In pre-historic times, early man… but if we know what happened it can’t be prehistory, now can it?
Starting tomorrow, I’ll be exploring this earliest history, in the form of a short course. I’ll be reading and sharing with you from Ruth Beechick’s marvelous Adam and his Kin. If this goes well, I may continue to use this site as a sort of history course. I’d love it if you would read along with me!
