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