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