chronologist
Dates and sequences
A chronologist is someone who studies or establishes the sequence and dating of historical events.
The term applies to scholars who work out timelines for ancient history, biblical events, or geological periods.
The chronologist determined that the two manuscripts were written decades apart.
Timekeeping science and craft
- chronometryScience of precise timekeeping
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
eons · millennia · centuries · decades · duration · intervals · temporality · periodization
Ordered display of events
- successionFollowing in order
- progressionSequential forward movement
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
periodization · events · narrative · development · ages · ordering · synchronism · diachronic
Stored historical records
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- paleographyStudy of ancient handwriting
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- recordPreserved account or achievement
scholar · annals · documentary · evidence · monograph · treatise · historiography · antiquarian
Study of physical remnants
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- civilizationsComplex organized human societies
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
dynasties · ruins · excavation · hieroglyphics · Neolithic · Paleolithic · Sumerians · Mesopotamia
horology
Timekeeping science and craft
- chronometryScience of precise timekeeping
- epochDistinct historical period
- eraDistinct historical period
period · eons · millennia · centuries · decades · duration · intervals · temporality · periodization · dating
timeline
Ordered display of events
- successionFollowing in order
- progressionSequential forward movement
- genealogyStudy of family descent
lineage · periodization · events · narrative · development · ages · ordering · synchronism · diachronic · before
archive
Stored historical records
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- paleographyStudy of ancient handwriting
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
record · scholar · annals · documentary · evidence · monograph · treatise · historiography · antiquarian · archivist
Gregorian
Named for a pope
almanac · equinox · solstice · intercalation · epoch
archaeology
Study of physical remnants
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- civilizationsComplex organized human societies
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
prehistoric · dynasties · ruins · excavation · hieroglyphics · Neolithic · Paleolithic · Sumerians · Mesopotamia · cuneiform
chronologistprophet
Divinely inspired messenger
futurist · prognosticator · seer · soothsayer · oracle
- chronological orderArrangement by time of occurrence
- chronological ageYears since birth
- chronological sequenceOrder based on time