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Sammendrag

The article discusses the role of rigid methodology in
the archaeological theoretical debate by focusing on the
potential of the theoretical philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
This tradition is defined in its relation to empiricism through a
critique of theoreticism. Further on, two archaeological texts,
one focusing on postprocessual and the other on symmetrical
archaeology, are analyzed in order to fully understand their
inherent metaphysics. It is argued that both texts maintain a
pre-critical understanding of Kantian philosophy, and that
this point is vital to their main arguments. In the end, the
author argues for the potential of Kantian philosophy for a
better understanding of archaeological theory.