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Job Description
Conduct research to reconstruct record of past human life and culture from human remains, artifacts, architectural features, and structures recovered through excavation, underwater recovery, or other means of discovery.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3091.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Archeologists”.
Also Known As…
- Archeologists
- Research Archaeologist
- Project Director
- Principal Archaeologist
- Director of Research Center
- Curator
- Associate Director
- Research Professor
- Egyptologist
- Director and Professor
- Director
- Archaeologist
Tasks for “Archaeologist”
- Assess archeological sites for resource management, development, or conservation purposes and recommend methods for site protection.
- Collect artifacts made of stone, bone, metal, and other materials, placing them in bags and marking them to show where they were found.
- Clean, restore, and preserve artifacts.
- Present findings from archeological research to peers and the general public.
- Compare findings from one site with archeological data from other sites to find similarities or differences.
- Develop and test theories concerning the origin and development of past cultures.
- Lead field training sites and train field staff, students, and volunteers in excavation methods.
- Teach archeology at colleges and universities.
- Create artifact typologies to organize and make sense of past material cultures.
- Record the exact locations and conditions of artifacts uncovered in diggings or surveys, using drawings and photographs as necessary.
- Study objects and structures recovered by excavation to identify, date, and authenticate them and to interpret their significance.
- Consult site reports, existing artifacts, and topographic maps to identify archeological sites.
- Describe artifacts' physical properties or attributes, such as the materials from which artifacts are made and their size, shape, function, and decoration.
- Research, survey, or assess sites of past societies and cultures in search of answers to specific research questions.
- Create a grid of each site and draw and update maps of unit profiles, stratum surfaces, features, and findings.
- Write, present, and publish reports that record site history, methodology, and artifact analysis results, along with recommendations for conserving and interpreting findings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Glass burets
- Tablet computers
- Polarizing microscopes
- Digital calipers
- Precision rulers
- Flatbed scanners
- Magnetic stirring bars
- Electron microprobes
- Dental burs
- Underwater still cameras
- Pocket loupes
- Scuba diving equipment
- Digital video cameras
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Bucket augers
- Sandblasters
- Vernier calipers
- Alidades
- Fume hoods
- Pneumatic airscribes
- Soil probes
- Flat-ended shovels
- Electrical resistivity instruments
- Glass beakers
- Lufkin tape measures
- Side scan sonars
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Laboratory scalpels
- X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
- Round point shovels
- Soil samplers
- Rock picks
- Metallurgical microscopes
- Plotters
- Digital levels
- Hydraulic drilling rigs
- Conductance meters
- Ultrasonic cleaning machines
- Pneumatic chisels
- Laboratory precision balances
- Total stations
- Cold chisels
- Slide hammers
- Theodolites
- Drying racks
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Underwater digital cameras
- Digital cameras
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- X ray diffractometers
- Binoculars
- Inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopes ICP-ES
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Conductivity probes
- Laptop computers
- Shaker screens
- Petrographic microscopes
- Crack hammers
- Safety goggles
- Drying ovens
- Tree ring sampling kits
- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopes ICP-MS
- Platform scales
- Desktop computers
- Metal detectors
- Plains trowels
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- Plumb bobs
- Slide scanners
- Bench scales
- Vacuum freeze-drying chambers
- Directional compasses
- Personal computers
- Water screening devices
- Marshalltown trowels
- Dial calipers
- Mesh sifting screens
- Laser line levels
- Geophysical magnetometers
- Triple beam balances
- Dental picks
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Golden Software Surfer
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- ESRI ArcView
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- Archeological Sites Management Information System ASMIS
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Graphics software
- SPSS
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Access
- Automated National Catalog System ANCS
- Microsoft Outlook
- ESRI ArcGIS software