Before revision: Provenance () is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of an historical object.OED: "The fact of coming from some particular source or quarter; source, derivation" The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, paleontology, archival science, economy, computing, and scientific inquiry in general.
After revision: Provenace () is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of an historical object.OED: "The fact of coming from some particular source or quarter; source, derivation" The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, paleontology, archival science, economy, computing, and scientific inquiry in general.