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