Roy is an archaeologist. During a recent archaeological dig in China, he discovered a clay tablet that contained a series of dia
grams about plants and trees. After further investigation, he discovered that the tablet contained records kept by a renowned gardener from ancient China. Based on this information, what type of primary source is this tablet?
Personal record revers to a form of primary source which information is derived from the observation or the experiments that being done by the source writers themselves. In most cases, personal records are created by experts on the relevant fields.
Based on the given scenario above, Roy the archaeologist was able to discover a clay tablet and this clay tablet contained a series of diagrams that describes about the plants and trees and this tablet contained records kept by a renowned gardener from the ancient China. Therefore, this tablet can be an archive or an account of events as the type of primary source.
I can’t see any possible options but secondary sources and online sources should be double checked and avoided if possible. few secondary sources are trustworthy like textbooks
