Culture change is a major interest in anthropology. That obviously requires a historical perspective if one is looking beyond current ongoing processes. Also, using historical records to reconstruct indigenous societies of the past and the impact of colonialism on them is quite popular. Scholars from both Anthropology and History may be interested, for example, in the impact of the fur trade on particular Native American groups. The journal Ethnohistory is a good example of an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on this topic. Written historical materials can help archaeologists interpret materials and sites that they encounter. The journal Historical Archaeology often features this type of research. Social Science History and The Journal of American Ethnic History are journals that feature work by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. 

Because of interests and perspectives particular to a given discipline, there can be differences in how people from different fields use historical materials. For example, a historian studying a particular slave-based society might be interested in the laws of the time governing slavery in that society whereas an anthropologist or linguist might be interested in cultural or linguistic creolization developing out of the interaction between slave owners and the slaves.