But the kinds of questions it asks are very different. Truth is also contextual, but requires substantial assessment of values. Science takes a different approach and is material in its orientation. The need for evidence is crucial, and it is not just any evidence, but evidence that is replicable by others. This is very different from religion or other forms of knowing.
Science is the only way of knowledge that proceeds by trying to disprove itself.
Something that seems easy on the surface, may be profoundly difficult, if not impossible. Following what Stephen Jay Gould wrote about paleontology in his book The Panda's Thumb, Archaeology is science, but a historical science. That means that it has limits and must work inferentially, not always being able to function in a positivist sense, using a strict, scientific method. Still, it can be extraordinarily powerful. What this means is that science can still often debunk what people believe about their pasts, and that is what makes is cruel.