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