Thesauri Of Historical Periods – A Proposal For Standardization. / quote 5 of 26

Identity criteria for historical periods

Identity criteria are types of reported phenomena or the kinds of their observable traces that determine the unity and identify the cultural continuity of a period. We distinguish an instance of a period from another by a defining, unique property. By this property, any event, part or phase of the period is recognized to belong to the same (existence) period.

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