Historians, folklorists, anthropologists, sociologists, journalists, linguists, and many others employ some form of interviewing in their research.

Historians and anthropologists have found no evidence to support such a theory.

Historians and anthropologists have had many theories about the people encountered by Cartier, as well as the reasons for their disappearance from the valley about 1580.

Historians and anthropologists believe that the Iroquois Confederacy was formed about the early fifteenth century, among the five major Iroquoian-speaking peoples in New York.

Historians and anthropologists have not reached agreement on the location of Hochelaga, a village of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, who spoke a Laurentian language and were distinct from the Iroquois nations of the Haudenosaunee.

Historians believe that the author of Acts did not have access to a collection of Paul's letters.

Historians including Donald Grinde, Bruce Johansen and others believe that the Iroquois constitution provided inspiration for the United States Constitution and in 1988 was recognised by a resolution in Congress.

Historians widely believe that the widower Thomas Jefferson, both before and during his presidency of the United States in the early 19th century, had an intimate relationship of 38 years with his mixed-race slave Sally Hemings, in such an arrangement, and fathered all of her six children of record.

Historians believe that many of the indigenous peoples of Liberia migrated there from the north and east between the 12th and 16th centuries AD.

Historians such as Joseph Needham have seen this group as developing a precursor philosophy of science that was never fully developed, but others believe that recognizing the Logicians as proto-scientists reveals too much of a modern bias.

Historians believe that parchment craft originated as an art form in Europe during the 15th or 16th century.

Historians believe that nutmeg was introduced to Europe in the 6th century BCE.

Historians believe that the game's ancient origin lay in 12th century France, where a ball was struck with the palm of the hand.

" Historians now believe that no such telegrams ever were sent.

Historians believe that there was a forerunner to the present day Brunei Sultanate.

Historians believe that they were all either displaced or absorbed by the ancestors of the present inhabitants.

Historians believe that they were all either displaced or absorbed by the ancestors of the present inhabitants.

Historians believe that the pilgrimage was a deliberate act by Isabella on Edward's behalf to create a casus belli.

Historians believe that Chief Black Kettle, head of the band, was not part of the war party within the Plains tribes.

Historians believe that the practice of wearing white surcoats was picked up from the Turks during the crusades, and their purpose was to reflect heat, thus protecting mail from direct sun, which heated the mail and the soldier inside.

Historians believe that disease epidemics contributed to the depopulation and collapse of the Mississippian culture.

Historians believe that one of Patel's key achievements was the building of cohesion and trust amongst the different castes and communities, which were divided on socio-economic lines.

Historians believe that Patel's speech was instrumental in electrifying nationalists, who had been sceptical of the proposed rebellion.

Historians Arnold W. Gomme and Raphael Sealey believe, and Thucydides reports, that Alcibiades was offended that the Spartans had negotiated that treaty through Nicias and Laches, overlooking him on account of his youth.

Historians were critical of the Bastille in the early 19th century, but now believe the fortress to have been a relatively well-administered institution, albeit deeply implicated in the system of French policing and political control during the 18th century.

Historians believe they have a high degree of falsification ; formal pressure on census takers ( predominantly school-teachers ) was possible, and a new bilingual category was created to further complicate the results.

Historians believe the chief Upanishads were composed over a wide period ranging from the Pre-Buddhist period to the early centuries BCE though minor Upanishads were still being composed in the medieval and early modern period.

Historians believe this poem became instantly famous: in April, the poets of Edo gathered at the bashō hut for a haikai no renga contest on the subject of frogs that seems to have been a tribute to Bashō's hokku, which was placed at the top of the compilation.

Historians believe, however, that Dade County seceded with the State of Georgia and reentered the Union with it.

Historians believe it was used to finance the conspiracy of Aaron Burr.

Historians suppose that Bolesław's absence from the document might be explained by an old Slavic custom whereby children received their inheritance as soon as they reached the age of majority.

Historians have criticized Davis for being a much less effective war leader than his Union counterpart Abraham Lincoln, which they attribute to Davis being overbearing, controlling, and overly meddlesome, as well as being out of touch with public opinion, and lacking support from a political party ( since the Confederacy had no political parties ).

Historians write that most such political and economic commentators had only a superficial understanding of Darwin's scientific theory, and were as strongly influenced by other concepts about social progress and evolution, such as the Lamarckian ideas of Spencer and Haeckel, as they were by Darwin's work.

Historians have pointed out that the preceding democratic Weimar Republic already had restrictive gun laws, which were actually liberalised by the Nazis when they came to power.

Historians have two major avenues which they take to better understand the ancient world: archaeology and the study of source texts.

Historians have been struck by the correspondence with names in Fagrskinna, which says that two of the kings who died with Eirik in his final battle against Olaf were called Harékr and Ragnvald, although they are not identified as relatives.

Historians contrast the efficiency of Somerset's takeover of power, in which they detect the organising skills of allies such as Paget, the " master of practices ", with the subsequent ineptitude of his rule.

Historians such as Reginald Horsman, Helen Hornbeck Tanner, and Blue Jacket biographer John Sugden have argued that the known historical facts about Blue Jacket and Van Swearingen make it unlikely that they were the same person.

Historians are divided on whether or not Edward ever had an official that could be called a chancellor, but they are agreed that Leofric did not hold such an office.

Historians assume that the Macomb brothers believed that by purchasing this deed through the transfer of items of value, they had in fact obtained full ownership rights.

Historians estimate that Provençal troops killed hundreds to thousands of residents there and in the nearby 22-28 villages which they destroyed.

Historians have pointed to the manner of execution of Connolly and similar rebels, along with their actions, as being factors that caused public awareness of their desires and goals and gathered support for the movements that they had died fighting for.

Historians also vary in how they define Sweden, some distinguishing between Sverige ( the modern Swedish name for Sweden ) and Svea rike ( the medieval form of the Swedish name for Sweden ) as two different nations.

Historians of society inverted the traditional positions they criticized ( on the model of Marx's inversion of Hegel ).

Historians debate on the structure and size of pageant wagons however, they are generally miniature house-like structures that rest on four to six wheels depending on the size of the wagon.

Historians have debated Riel's motivations for allowing the execution, as they consider it his one great political blunder.

Historians Pearson and Haney, have argued that the rodeo cowboys are more than just athletes ; they are cultural icons representing such values as rugged individualism, patriotism, tradition, masculinity, and courage ; they personify the heroic image of the Old West.

Ian Lustick, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, writes of Karsh's attacks on the New Historians that, " however likely readers are to be impressed by the intensity of Karsh's pristine faith in Zionism, they are sure to be stunned by the malevolence of his writing and confused by the erratic, sloppy nature of his analysis.

In 1987, they were put on a watch list of persons banned from entering the United States and remained on the list even after the publication of the International Committee of Historians ' report on his military past in the Wehrmacht.

Historians have scant knowledge of the pre-Spanish history of the indigenous Yakans simply because they have had little contact with other ethnic groups.

Historians have generally accepted Bede's report of Coenred's and Offa's abdications, but Barbara Yorke has suggested that they may not have relinquished their thrones voluntarily.