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Approaches
Music archaeology is an interdisciplinary field with many methods goals and approaches that can be multifaceted. Music archaeology falls under the cross section of experimental archaeology and Musicology research. The goals of Music archaeology will indicate the kind of approaches used to understand past musical behaviors. A common research approach to an interdisciplinary field is to develop a collaborative research team with diverse specialists that can offer varying perspectives on data and findings. It would make sense for Music archaeology research teams to be comprised mostly of Musicologists and Archaeologists. However, Psychologists, Organologists, Chemist s and Historians among other professionals can be key in understanding past musical behaviors. In pursuit to achieve accurate results it is crucial that all sources of information and data, however they may be reported or recorded, should be treated equally.

Interpretations
Archaeological researchers will date and classify findings after a digg to better understand past behaviors. In music archaeology dating and classifying are just as important when interpreting data. To answer the question of what is a musical instrument and what is not an instrument is a tricky task and can spark debate. For example, the paleolithic era Divje Babe Flute regarded as the world's oldest musical instrument.

The Flute also goes by the name of the Neanderthal Flute because of how old it is (over 40,000 years old) and where it was found in Slovenia. There are debates as to whether or not the flute was constructed by Neanderthal or even by a hominin. some specialists believe that the bone was simply made by other Cave bear or Ice age hyenas.