ABSTRACT
Interpretation of the evidence revealed through excavation is not something that happens after the site has been dug and the finds have been analysed. It is an on-going process that takes place throughout the project. Having said that, inevitably interpretations change as new information is recovered, both during the excavation and in the post-excavation and analysis phase. At some stage in the project, however, an interpretation or a range of interpretations for the recovered data has to be decided upon. Raw data is just that. Archaeology is the study of the past through the study of material remains, not simply the study of material remams.
