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