Object history provides an alternative narrative to traditional text-based history.

Evidence

Writing is one of humanity’s later achievements, and until fairly recently even many literate societies recorded their concerns and aspirations not only in writing but in things. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 39

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 39
• XREF: connects to: Writers can appropriate eccentric historical artifacts for their creative work — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 23; Alternative maps of interpretation yield fresh perspective on familiar material — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 319