"...the
past occurred...traces of it remain...these traces are there
whether the Historian finds them or not...Evidence, therefore,
as opposed to traces, is always the product of the Historian's
discourse simply because, prior to that discourse being articulated,
evidence (history) doesn't exist: only traces do..."(1).
(1)
Keith Jenkins, Re-Thinking History, Routledge, London,
1991, p.49.
Authored
by Craig BellamyŠ 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
"...the
past occurred...traces of it remain...these traces are there
whether the Historian finds them or not...Evidence, therefore,
as opposed to traces, is always the product of the Historian's
discourse simply because, prior to that discourse being articulated,
evidence (history) doesn't exist: only traces do..."(1).