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