If you find a fingermark on a window, it could have been made by a window cleaner, but if it’s on the murder weapon the mark is linked to a crime.
Evidence is useless unless it comes with some context. Take fingerprints. If you find a fingermark on a window, it could have been made by a window cleaner, but if it’s on the murder weapon the mark is linked to a crime. So it is with context in forensic archaeology. Say, human remains have been discovered. The forensic archaeologist inspects the ground to determine if the body was buried, suggesting human action, or just lying in the open ground, suggesting death by elements. Context is everything when it comes to deciding whether or not a crime might have taken place (Future Learn).