This document lists 63 auxiliary sciences of history. Some of the main sciences mentioned are geography, chronology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, sociology and psychology. These sciences help historians understand things like place, time, people, artifacts, and societies of the past.
This document lists 63 auxiliary sciences of history. Some of the main sciences mentioned are geography, chronology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, sociology and psychology. These sciences help historians understand things like place, time, people, artifacts, and societies of the past.
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This document lists 63 auxiliary sciences of history. Some of the main sciences mentioned are geography, chronology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, sociology and psychology. These sciences help historians understand things like place, time, people, artifacts, and societies of the past.
This document lists 63 auxiliary sciences of history. Some of the main sciences mentioned are geography, chronology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, sociology and psychology. These sciences help historians understand things like place, time, people, artifacts, and societies of the past.
This document lists 63 auxiliary sciences of history. Some of the main sciences mentioned are geography, chronology, anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, epigraphy, numismatics, linguistics, sociology and psychology. These sciences help historians understand things like place, time, people, artifacts, and societies of the past.
1. Geography : Indicates the place or space of historical events.
2. The Chronology : Locate the historical event in time 3. Anthropology : Studies man as a zoological species. 4. Ethnography : Classifies and describes human races 5. Ethnology : It is responsible for studying each race in particular. 6. Paleontology : Studies the fossil remains of animals and plants. 7. Epigraphy : Study the inscriptions on monuments. 8. Paleography : Study and describe ancient writings. 9. Linguistics : Study the treaty and the history of shields and emblems. 10. Numismatics : It deals with the study of coins and medals. 11. Diplomacy : It is responsible for studying official documents. 12. Genealogy : Study the lineages 13. Folklore : Study popular culture. 14. The arqueology . It is responsible for the analysis of remains of human activity. 15. The economy . It allows you to analyze the economic aspects of History. 16. The Statistics . Quantitatively analyzes a set of data related to a certain historical event or aspect. 17. The Demographics . It deals with the quantitative study of populations (of a city, region, country or continent) at a given time, providing information on birth rates, marriage rates, mortality and migratory movements. 18. The Psychology . It is responsible for the study of man as an individual being. 19. The sociology . It studies the social relations of groups and the global understanding of society. 20. Chemical analysis : A chemical test or chemical analysis is a procedure to measure the concentration or any other chemical property of a substance or material. 21. Evolutionary biology : Evolutionary biology is the area of biology that studies the common ancestry and descent of species , as well as the changes of living things over time ( biological evolution ). 22. Cartography : it is the science that is responsible for the study and preparation of geographical, territorial maps and different linear dimensions and others. 23. Materials science : Materials science is the scientific field responsible for investigating the relationship between the structure and properties of materials . 24. Ecology : Ecology is the science that studies the interrelationships of different living beings among themselves and with their environment. 25. Stratigraphy : Stratigraphy is the branch of geology that deals with the study and interpretation of stratified sedimentary , metamorphic and volcanic rocks, and the identification 26. Etymology : The study of the origin of words is called etymology. 27. Philately : Philately is the hobby of collecting and classifying stamps , envelopes and other postal documents, as well as studying postal history. 28. Philology : it is the study of written texts , through which an attempt is made to reconstruct, as faithfully as possible, their original meaning with the support of the culture that underlies them. 29. Historical geography : Historical geography is the study of the human and physical geography of the past. 30. Historical geology : Historical geology is the branch of geology that studies the transformations that the Earth has experienced since its formation. 31. Historical linguistics : it is the linguistic discipline that studies the change of languages over time and the process of linguistic change . 32. Logic : Logic is a formal science that studies the principles of valid demonstration and inference . 33. Paleoanthropology : the branch of physical anthropology and paleobiology that deals with the study of human evolution and its fossil record, in other words ancient hominids . 34. Linguistic paleontology : Linguistic paleontology is a discipline that aims to clarify the prehistory and material culture of the speakers of a dead language or ancient protolanguage . 35. Palynology : Palynology is a discipline of botany dedicated to the study of pollen and spores . 36. Petrography : Petrography is the branch of geology that deals with the study and investigation of rocks , especially with regard to their descriptive aspect, their mineralogical composition and their structure. 37. Political science : Political science , political theory , political doctrines and political science are different names of a social science that studies the theory and practice of politics , political systems and behaviors. 38. Psychology : a profession , an academic discipline 3 and, generally speaking, the science that deals with the behavior and mental processes of individuals 39. Sociology : Sociology is the social science that studies the collective phenomena produced by the social activity of human beings, within the historical-cultural context in which they are immersed. 40. Archival : it is the theoretical and practical study of the principles, procedures and problems concerning the storage of documents , seeking that said documentation is maintained over time, can be consulted and classified. 41. Archaeology : it is the science that studies the physical changes that occur from ancient societies to current ones, through material remains distributed in space and preserved over time. 42. Bibliography : The bibliography is the reference study of the texts. 43. Bibliology : Bibliology is called the general science of the book itself, that is, the study of the book, whether considered in isolation in its material, literary, antiquity, authenticity and merit conditions, whether in a collection or forming a library . 44. Librarianship : It is the set of technical and scientific activities whose purpose is the knowledge of information, the materials in which it is presented and the place in which it is used, in order to better respond in quality and quantity to demands. of information that society makes. 45. Botany : it is a branch of biology and is the science that deals with the study of plants, from all their aspects. 46. Codicology : is the discipline that studies books as physical objects, especially manuscripts written on leather, papyrus, parchment, paper or other supports . 47. Chronology : it is the specific science whose purpose is to determine the temporal order of historical events; It is part of the discipline of History . 48. Diplomacy : It is a historical science that aims to study documents, regardless of their author, taking into account their extrinsic and intrinsic characters, that is, the support, writing, language, formalism and other elements that make up a judgment. their authenticity and interpret them properly. 49. Documentation : In a restricted sense, documentation as documentary science could be defined (broadly) as the science of information processing, which provides a compendium of data for a specific purpose, of a multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary scope. 50. Epigraphy : it is an autonomous science and at the same time auxiliary to History , through which inscriptions made on hard materials are studied, establishing methodologies to read and interpret them. 51. Faleristics : Faleristics is a branch of numismatics , and therefore an auxiliary science of History , which deals with the study, classification and inventory of decorations . 52. Genealogy : the study and tracking of the ancestry and descent of a person or family . 53. Heraldry : Heraldry is the science of the coat of arms 54. Medallistics : Medallistics is a branch of numismatics , and therefore an auxiliary science of History , which deals with the study of medals and medallions . 55. Numismatics : Numismatics , a term that designates the study and collecting of coins and paper money issued by a nation with the official design of the country. When it comes to paper money only, the exclusive term Notafilia is often preferred. 56. Papyrology : Papyrology is the study of literature, correspondence, legal records, etc. of ancient documents preserved in papyrus , parchment or oyster with which they are the most common writing media in the ancient civilizations of Egypt , Greece and ancient Rome . 57. Paleography : is the study of ancient writings 58. Sigilography : Sigilography as a historical science with an autonomous, auxiliary or dependent character, and closely related to diplomacy, law, art history, heraldry or genealogy, is the scientific (critical) study of the seals used by man 59. Vexillology : Vexillology is the study of flags in its broadest sense. 60. Astronomy: is the science that deals with the study of the celestial bodies of the universe , including planets and their satellites , comets and meteoroids , stars and interstellar matter , systems of dark matter , stars , gas and dust called galaxies. and the galaxy clusters; so he studies their movements and the phenomena linked to them. 61. Biology : is the science that has as its object the study of living beings and, more specifically, their origin , their evolution and their properties. 62. Physics: is the natural science that studies the properties and behavior of energy and matter (as well as any change in it that does not alter its nature), as well as time , space and the interactions of these four. concepts with each other. 63. Chemistry: is the science that studies both the composition, structure and properties of matter as well as the changes it experiences during chemical reactions and its relationship with energy .[] 64. Mathematics or mathematics[ :] It is a formal science that, starting from axioms and following logical reasoning, studies the properties and relationships between abstract entities such as numbers , geometric figures or symbols . 65. Caving: is a science whose object is the exploration and study of underground cavities. 66. Psychopedagogy: is the applied discipline that studies human behaviors in learning situations, such as: learning problems and vocational guidance. 67. Zoology: is the biological discipline that is responsible for the study of animals . 68. Iconography: is the description of the theme or subject represented in artistic images , as well as its symbology and the attributes that identify the characters represented. 69. Botany: is a branch of biology and is the science that deals with the study of plants, under all its aspects, which includes their description, classification, distribution, idea. ntification, the study of their reproduction, physiology, morphology, reciprocal relationships, relationships with other living beings and effects on the environment in which they are found 70. Faleristics is a branch of numismatics , and therefore an auxiliary science of History , which deals with the study, classification and inventory of decorations . 71. Clothing : the study of clothing in the periods