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