That is a controversial definition that many academics criticize because of the ridiculous questions it raises. Most Archaeologists and anthropologists use broa

That is a controversial definition that many academics criticize because of the ridiculous questions it raises. Most Archaeologists and anthropologists use broader definitions of history that encompass a whole host of non-literary sources precisely because it's stupid to discuss whether Americans became historic the second someone happened to write about them in 1492 or if linear-a tablets need to be translated before Minoans are considered historical.