Alice Beck Kehoe on Tolerance for Ambiguity

American archaeology is ready to be a mature science, one that accepts the primacy of its empirical data--for these can outlast theories--and the political and human ramifications of its actions, as it reflectively constructs and compares interpretations. Tolerance for ambiguity is as essential as the Marshalltown trowel.

Alice Beck Kehoe. 1998. The Land of Prehistory: A critical history of American archaeology. New York: Routledge. p. 230