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