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