ABSTRACT
Archaeological interpretation can be either more or less objective. There are several ways in which greater objectivity can be achieved. Perhaps the first and most important way is through careful observation which goes beyond the variables chosen to support or reject an hypothesis, and in which variation and exceptions are treated seriously as indicators that additional factors may need to be considered. A second means of increasing objectivity that is worth exploring is the use of universally found human cognitive processes and strategies of human behaviour to set guidelines and limits for archaeological interpretation.
