They believed that an archaeologist should develop one or more hypotheses about a culture under study , and conduct excavations with the intention of testing these hypotheses against fresh evidence .
Processualists borrowed from the exact sciences the idea of hypothesis testing and the scientific method .
Processualists believed that an archaeologist should develop one or more hypotheses about a culture under study , and conduct excavations with the intention of testing these hypotheses against fresh evidence .
Processualists borrowed from the exact sciences the idea of hypothesis testing and the scientific method .